JOB SUMMARY: This Title 42 position is in the Office of Research and Development, Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure, Biomolecular and Computational Toxicology Division. This is an office-centered position--you must physically report to the duty station stated in this announcement on a regular basis. EPA offers work-from-home and work schedule flexibilities as described in the Benefits section. About ORD. MAJOR DUTIES: This position is located in the Office of Research and Development (ORD), in the Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure (CCTE), in the Biomolecular and Computational Toxicology Division. The Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure, headquartered in Durham, NC, is a scientific organization responsible for carrying out EPA’s mission to support public health and environmental decisions by providing solutions-driven research to rapidly evaluate the potential human health and environmental risks associated with exposure to environmental stressors and to ensure the integrity of the freshwater environment and its capacity to support human well-being. To accomplish its mission, CCTE conducts fundamental and applied research across a range of disciplines important for evaluating chemical safety and freshwater coastal ecology. For human health, CCTE provides scientific leadership for New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) and innovative in vivo models to evaluate human health hazards as well as computational and advanced analytical chemistry approaches for characterizing exposure. The Center’s research integrates advances in biology, biotechnology, chemistry, statistics, and computer modeling to advance chemical safety. CCTE scientists support ORD’s mission by informing solutions to complex environmental problems by generating data and developing methods, models, and tools used for problem formulation and scoping, to analyze human health risks, and to ensure continuous progress toward intended outcomes. The Director for the Biomolecular and Computational Toxicology Division position will require an individual with experience in NAMs to evaluate human health hazards as well as a broad range of methods and technologies for characterizing chemical impacts on biological systems. The Division Director will require an understanding in the areas of toxicology, risk assessment, molecular and cellular biology, computational modeling, and bioinformatics, which are critical fields for expanding the tools to understand the impact of chemical exposure to human health. Specific duties of the position include, but are not limited to: Developing strategic plans for the Center’s research in the context of toxicology, computational modeling, and bioinformatics research. Exercising supervisory personnel management responsibilities as a second line supervisor across the Division. Overseeing the implementation of an integrated research program that applies systematic investigation of theory, experimentation, or simulation of experiments to environmental research related to the Division’s research areas. Developing and maintaining working relationships within ORD and with prominent scientists around the world to ensure the development and implementation of an integrated research program and to promote mutually beneficial cooperative activities and programs. Reviewing and approving all reports, publications and other outputs from the Division’s research programs to ensure the scientific quality of the information has had proper review for any policy-sensitive information. IMPORTANT: Click the 'Apply for this job' button to view a complete job description.
