Employment Opportunities

NIMHD envisions an America in which all populations will have an equal opportunity to live long, healthy and productive lives. NIMHD is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment and we strongly welcome candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.

NIMHD posts job announcements directly to www.USAJobs.gov—the one-stop source for federal jobs and employment opportunities sponsored by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Available positions change regularly as vacancies are filled and new jobs are added.

NIH Intramural Training and Education Opportunities

Tobacco Related Disparities & Control Lab
NIMHD DIR Social and Behavioral Sciences Branch
Mission: Advance research to understand commercial tobacco use disparities and develop interventions to reduce and eliminate them.
PI: Dr. Kelvin Choi

Immigrant Health and Mental Health/Well-Being Research Lab
NIMHD DIR Population and Community Health Sciences Branch
Mission: Advance research in understanding acculturative stress factors influencing mental health or well-being disparities and develop interventions to improve immigrants’ mental well-being.
PI: Dr. Faustine Williams

Health Equity and Decision Sciences (HEADS) Research Lab
NIMHD DIR Population and Community Health Sciences Branch
Mission: Centers on decision science research striving to improve minority health by using novel quantitative and qualitative methods to support decisions that will lead to equitable health outcomes at individual, interpersonal, community, and societal levels.
PI: Dr. Jinani Jayasekera

Digital Health & Health Disparities Research Lab
NIMHD DIR Population and Community Health Sciences Branch
Mission: Leverage digital technologies for health promotion and disease prevention among racial and ethnic minority groups and populations that experience health disparities.
PI: Dr. Sherine El-Toukhy

Race-Related Stressors & Health Disparities Research Lab
NIMHD DIR Epidemiology and Genetics Branch
Mission: Reduce/eliminate health disparities by exploring heterogeneity in experiences of discrimination to better understand how these experiences contribute to cardiometabolic health outcomes over the life course of African American, Afro-Caribbean, and Afro-Latino/Latina populations.
PI: Dr. Allana Forde

Genomics for Health Equity Lab
NIMHD DIR Epidemiology and Genetics Branch
Mission: Advance research to understanding the gene by analyzing environmental interactions in large biobank cohorts to address health disparities.
PI: Dr. Leonardo Marino-Ramirez

Neighborhoods and Health Lab
NIMHD DIR Population and Community Health Sciences Branch
Mission: Advance research to understand the role of community and neighborhood environments in health outcomes and behaviors.
PI: Dr. Shannon Zenk

Learn about NIH intramural training and education opportunities.

NIMHD intramural contact:
Dr. Anthony (AJ) Johnson
Training Director and Scientific Advisor
NIMHD Division of Intramural Research


Page updated April 17, 2023