NIH-ACMG Fellowship in Genomic Medicine Program Management

The NIH-ACMG Genomic Medicine Program Management Fellowship was recently established as a partnership among the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) and four components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), and the All of Us (AoU) Research Program. This fellowship seeks to increase the pool of health practitioners in managing research and implementation programs in genomic medicine, which we consider to be the use of genomic information as part of an individual patient’s clinical care.

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 U.S. citizen.
• 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.

This full-time, two-year fellowship will be located primarily in Bethesda, Maryland. At the start 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 extramural Program 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 second year 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 will be qualified to organize and manage complex research or implementation programs in genomic medicine. Salary and benefits will be commensurate with experience.

NIH extramural research programs in which fellows may participate include the Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen), the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Network, the Implementing Genomics in Practice (IGNITE) Consortium, the Clinical Sequencing Evidence-Generating (CSER) Consortium, the NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine Program (TOPMed), epidemiology studies such as the Framingham Heart Study and Jackson Heart Study. They will also contribute to the NIH All of Us Research Program, building a national research with data from 1 million participants, or participating in a myriad of health disparities, scientific program activities and especially in the development of new or renewal of ongoing activities. ACMG can offer experience in the ClinGen project or NBSTRN (Newborn Screening Translational Research Network) or NCC (National Coordinating Center).

The application for the 2023-2025 cycle is now open. To apply, please access the application. Interested and eligible candidates must complete the application by February 6, 2023, 8:00 AM Eastern Time (ET).

For inquiries, please contact nihacmgfellowship@nih.gov.