FDA Postdoctoral Fellowship in New Approach Methodologies (NAMs)

About the role

The National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) at the FDA in Jefferson, Arkansas, offers a research opportunity focusing on investigating donor variability in human respiratory toxicity responses to chemical irritants using air–liquid interface (ALI) airway epithelial cultures. This project supports the FDA's mission to advance predictive, human-relevant alternative testing methods to improve chemical risk assessment and reduce reliance on animal testing.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to experimental design discussions and assist in generating high-quality datasets suitable for downstream computational and statistical analyses.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, including biostatisticians, computational toxicologists, and PBPK modelers, to support dose-response modeling, in vitro-to-in vivo extrapolation (IVIVE) analyses, and predictive toxicology framework development.
• Analyze and communicate research findings through scientific reports, manuscripts, publishable papers, and oral presentations.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing or having received a doctoral degree in Chemistry and Materials Sciences.

Qualifications

• Doctoral Degree in relevant field.

Skills

• Advanced cell culture techniques.
• Air-Liquid Interface (ALI) airway epithelial culture systems.
• Aerosol exposure technologies.
• Toxicological assays.
• Next-generation sequencing.
• Data analysis approaches.

Benefits

• Monthly stipend commensurate with educational level and experience.
• Training in advanced research methodologies and regulatory science.
• Opportunity to work with interdisciplinary teams.

Pay

• Monthly stipend commensurate with educational level and experience.

Schedule

• Full-time appointment.

Contact

If you have questions, contact the mentor, Yiying Wang (yiying.wang@fda.hhs.gov).