NIH-ACMG Fellowship in Genomic Medicine Program Management

The NIH-ACMG Genomic Medicine Program Management Fellowship seeks to increase the pool of health practitioners who manage research and implementation programs in genomic medicine. The Fellowship was established in 2018 as a partnership among the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG); the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI); the All of Us Research Program (AoURP); the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI); and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD).

Two fellowships will be awarded annually and administered primarily by the ACMG in collaboration with a fellowship committee of NIH representatives. We anticipate a start date in early July of each year, though exceptions may be considered.

• Must be a United States citizen or national. (Those with permanent resident cards or temporary or student visas are not eligible to apply.)
• Must be eligible to practice in the U.S. (i.e., have appropriate licensure or certification).
• Have completed an applicable advanced degree (M.D., D.O., P.A., N.P., C.N.S. or genetic counseling M.S. or Ph.D.). Other clinicians with substantial experience in genetics may write to nihacmgfellowship@nih.gov to discuss whether they would be appropriate candidates for the fellowship.
• Strong interest in establishing and managing genomic medicine programs.
• Post-graduate residency training is preferred, but not required.
• Fellowship offers are contingent on the applicant’s ability to successfully pass a federal background check.

Fellows are employed by ACMG and are federal contractors while at NIH. The salary range is $100,000 - $125,000, commensurate with relevant experience. In addition, ACMG offers and excellent benefits package.

This full-time, two-year fellowship will be located primarily in Bethesda, Maryland. During the first year and a half of the fellowship, each fellow will work at each participating NIH or ACMG component in a series of 3-4 month rotations. In this role, the fellow will participate as associates of NIH Program Officers/Directors or ACMG Program Directors working in a variety of ongoing extramural research program activities (see below). In addition to these rotations, fellows are encouraged to design an elective rotation for the final 6 months of the fellowship that may be pursued at ACMG, NIH, or an external site mutually agreed upon with the fellowship committee.  Throughout these rotations, a patient-care experience equivalent to 0.5 day per week will be encouraged. This clinical work can be pursued as an adjunct clinician at the NHGRI intramural clinical research program or other clinical services within or outside NIH as feasible and desired. Upon completion of the fellowship, fellows should be qualified to organize and manage complex research or implementation programs in genomic medicine.

NIH research programs in which fellows may participate include, but are not limited to, the All of Us Research Program (AoURP), the Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen), the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Network, the Implemetning Genomics in Practice (IGNITE) Consortium, the Clinical Sequencing Evidence-Generating (CSER) Consortium, the NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program, and epidemiology studies such as the Framingham Heart Study and Jackson Heart Study. Fellows may also participate in developing new research initiatives. The ACMG  rotation offers experience in ClinGen or the National Coordinating Center for the Regional Genetics Networks (NCC).