Job Description
Summary
This position is located in the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry headquartered in Atlanta Georgia.
Duties
WHAT YOULL BE DOING DAY TO DAY
As a Student Volunteer you will use your knowledge of and experience with Computational Toxicology and New Approach Methodologies (NAM) to optimize business results and customer experience by:
- Conduct comprehensive literature searches on Computational Toxicology and NAMs related to the health effects of microplastics and Nano plastics.
- Perform systematic or scoping literature reviews using established review methodologies.
- Critically evaluate and synthesize scientific evidence on computational toxicology approaches including quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling machine learning and in silico exposure assessment methods.
- Review and summarize the application of NAMs including in vitro methods high-throughput screening organ-on-a-chip technologies omics approaches and adverse outcome pathway (AOP) frameworks.
- Analyze scientific literature to identify strengths limitations research gaps and opportunities for integrating computational and experimental methods for risk assessment.
- Organize manage and document scientific references using reference management software.
- Prepare clear concise written summaries evidence tables and technical reports to communicate findings.
- Identify reproducible workflows open-source tools and publicly available data resources that support transparent and reproducible environmental health research.
- Collaborate with CDC scientists and multidisciplinary teams to support evidence synthesis and inform environmental and public health research priorities.
- Characterizing the current state of knowledge on the physicochemical properties of microplastics and nanoplastics that influence toxicity.
- Identifying how computational and alternative methods are being applied to model their behavior fate and biological interactions.
- Evaluating the strengths limitations and data gaps associated with these approaches.
- Highlighting opportunities for integrating computational models with experimental NAM data to improve risk assessment.
Requirements
Conditions of employment
- U.S. Citizenship required
- Registered or exempt from Selective Service ()
- Suitable for federal employment
- Proof of student status must be submitted with the application
- All applicants must be in good academic standing
- Students must provide official transcripts if selected
- Appointment will be subject to the applicants successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. All information concerning qualifications is subject to investigation.
- Documentation that you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS E-Verify System.
- Volunteers must meet the federal minimum working age (5 CFR 308.102(a)).
Qualifications
Applicants must have:
- A background in environmental health toxicology public health environmental science or a related scientific field.
- Experience conducting scientific literature searches and critically evaluating published research.
- Familiarity with computational toxicology concepts including QSAR PBPK modeling machine learning and other computational approaches used to interpret toxicological data.
- Experience conducting systematic reviews scoping reviews or other structured evidence synthesis methods.
- Proficiency using reference management software (e.g. EndNote Zotero Mendeley or similar).
- Strong scientific writing technical communication and analytical skills.
- Experience organizing synthesizing and summarizing complex scientific information from multiple sources.
Preference may be given to applicants with:
- Knowledge of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) including in vitro testing omics technologies organ-on-a-chip systems and adverse outcome pathway (AOP) frameworks.
- Familiarity with environmental exposure assessment and risk assessment principles.
- Knowledge of regulatory frameworks related to chemical safety environmental health or toxicology.
- Experience identifying and evaluating open-source scientific tools databases and reproducible research workflows.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively in a multidisciplinary scientific environment.
Volunteers must meet the definition of a student defined as an individual enrolled not less than half-time in a high school trade school technical or vocational institute junior college college university or other accredited educational institution (5 U.S.C. 3111(a) and 5 CFR 308.101) throughout the duration of their volunteer service except during acceptable breaks in education as described in 5 CFR 308.101.
Additional information
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
Job Tags
Part time