NIA recruiting for economist

>Dear members of the aging and health care programs:

         Please see the message below from
Georgeanne Patmios at NIA. They are looking for
an economist to act as program office for a
significant grant portfolio. Up to 20% of time
in this position may be devoted to original
research. Please encourage any interested candidates to apply. --Joan

>Dear Colleagues – As you have likely heard by
>now, the Divisionn of Behavioral and Social
>Research (BSR)/National Institute on
>Aging/National Institutes of Health is
>recruiting for an economist to replace John
>Phillips who is now in a leadership position at
>the Social Security Administration. This is a
>critical recruitment for us -- and for the field
>as well -- and we would be grateful for any help
>you can provide by encouraging qualified people
>to apply. Please encourage anyone interested to
>contact John Haaga at
><mailto:HaagaJ_at_mail.nih.gov>HaagaJ_at_mail.nih.gov
>if they would like to talk about the job. His
>contact information is also in the AEA Jobs for
>Economists (JOE) ad at the bottom of this
>email. Also, the JOE ad is a short summary of
>the position. Please note that up to 20%
>research time may be devoted to original
>research. To formally apply, one must submit an
>application in response to one of the 4 vacancy
>announcements listed below. The ads currently
>close on October 30, but they might be reopened
>through January 2010 if we don’t get enough applications.
>
>1. If you do NOT have federal government
>employment status and you want to apply for the
>senior GS-15 position, which is to manage
>BSR’s economics portfolio PLUS be the Branch
>Chief of BSR’s Population and Social Processes
>Branch, apply to the following ad:
>
><http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID724657&JobTitle=Supervisory+Health+Scientist+Administrator+(NIA)+-+CR-DE&q=nia+dbsr+hsa&sort=rv%2c-dtex&cn=&rad_units=miles&brd876&ppP&vw=d&re4&FedEmp=Y&FedPub=Y&callervanced.aspx&AVSDM
>09-10-02+00%3a03%3a00>http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID724657&JobTitle=Supervisory+Health+Scientist+Administrator+(NIA)+-+CR-DE&q=nia+dbsr+hsa&sort=rv%2c-dtex&cn=&rad_units=miles&brd876&ppP&vw=d&re4&FedEmp=Y&FedPub=Y&callervanced.aspx&AVSDM
>09-10-02+00%3a03%3a00
>
>2. If you DO have federal government
>employment status and you want to apply for the
>senior GS-15 position, which is to manage
>BSR’s economics portfolio PLUS be the Branch
>Chief of BSR’s Population and Social Processes
>Branch, apply to the following ad:
>
><http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID724673&JobTitle=Supervisory+Health+Scientist+Administrator+(NIA)+-+CR-+MP&q=nia+dbsr+hsa&sort=rv%2c-dtex&cn=&rad_units=miles&brd876&ppP&vw=d&re4&FedEmp=Y&FedPub=Y&callervanced.aspx&AVSDM
>09-10-02+00%3a03%3a00>http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID724673&JobTitle=Supervisory+Health+Scientist+Administrator+(NIA)+-+CR-+MP&q=nia+dbsr+hsa&sort=rv%2c-dtex&cn=&rad_units=miles&brd876&ppP&vw=d&re4&FedEmp=Y&FedPub=Y&callervanced.aspx&AVSDM
>09-10-02+00%3a03%3a00
>
>3. If you do NOT have federal government
>employment status and you want to apply for a
>Health Scientist Administrator position managing
>BSR’s economics portfolio, apply to the
>following ad. The salary – GS-12 to GS-14 –
>will depend on on your qualifications and past employment experience.
>
><http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID724763&JobTitle=Health+Scientist+Administrator+(NIA)+-+DE&q=nia+dbsr+hsa&sort=rv%2c-dtex&cn=&rad_units=miles&brd876&ppP&vw=d&re4&FedEmp=Y&FedPub=Y&callervanced.aspx&AVSDM
>09-10-02+00%3a03%3a00>http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID724763&JobTitle=Health+Scientist+Administrator+(NIA)+-+DE&q=nia+dbsr+hsa&sort=rv%2c-dtex&cn=&rad_units=miles&brd876&ppP&vw=d&re4&FedEmp=Y&FedPub=Y&callervanced.aspx&AVSDM
>09-10-02+00%3a03%3a00
>
>4. If you DO have federal government
>employment status and you want to apply for a
>Health Scientist Administrator position managing
>BSR’s economics portfolio, apply to the
>following ad. The salary – GS-12 to GS-14 –
>will depend on yourour qualifications and past employment experience.
>
><http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID351127&JobTitle=Health+Scientist+Administrator+(NIA)+-+CR-MP&q=nia+dbsr+hsa&sort=rv%2c-dtex&cn=&rad_units=miles&brd876&ppP&vw=d&re4&FedEmp=Y&FedPub=Y&callervanced.aspx&AVSDM
>09-09-14+00%3a03%3a00>http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID351127&JobTitle=Health+Scientist+Administrator+(NIA)+-+CR-MP&q=nia+dbsr+hsa&sort=rv%2c-dtex&cn=&rad_units=miles&brd876&ppP&vw=d&re4&FedEmp=Y&FedPub=Y&callervanced.aspx&AVSDM
>09-09-14+00%3a03%3a00
>
>Below is the JOE ad.
>
>
>
>JOE - September 2009
>
>National Institute on Aging
>
>Economist - Health Scientist Administrator
>
>JOE ID Number: 20090904901
>Section: 5: Full-Time Nonacademic
>Title/Short Description: Economist - Health Scientist Administrator
>
>JEL Classifications:
>C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General
>D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics
>E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
>H - Public Economics
>I - Health, Education, and Welfare
>J - Labor and Demographic Economics
>
>Locations:
>Bethesda, MD USA
>
>Top of Form
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>Bottom of Form
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>Full Text of JOE Listing:
>
>Department of Health and Human Services,
>National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging
>
>Division of Behavioral and Social Research (BSR)
><http://www.nia.nih.gov/BSR>http://www.nia.nih.gov/BSR
>Economist
>
>BSR seeks a junior or senior economist with
>solid communication skills who can meet the
>challenge of developing, managing, and promoting
>BSR's large, policy-relevant economics
>portfolio. Candidates should have a PhD and
>demonstrated research background in, e.g., labor
>economics, health economics, econometrics,
>macroeconomics, public finance, behavioral
>economics, or economic demography. Economists at
>BSR work at the frontiers of economic research
>and other behavioral and life disciplines across
>many areas, identify new priority areas for
>research, develop and manage multimillion dollar
>initiatives, and collaborate with other federal
>agencies and the National Academies of Science.
>Up to 20% of time may be devoted to original research.
>
>BSR funds domestic and international research
>(almost $40M in 2008) on retirement, health, and
>infrastructure development (e.g., the Health and
>Retirement Study). BSR-funded research products
>are often used by Congress and the Executive Branch.
>
>BSR sponsors research on individual and
>population aging including the economic and
>public policy implications of work/retirement
>decisions and health economics. Current
>initiatives recommended by a recent high level
>review of BSR include adapting behavioral
>economics to health issues; developing national
>non-market satellite accounts for health and
>wellbeing; forecasting retirement and Medicare
>and Social Security; neuroeconomics; macro
>consequences of population aging; early life
>determinants of adult health; patterns of
>life-cycle wealth; and developing international
>data sets for comparative analysis. See
><http://www.nia.nih.gov/ResearchInformation/ExtramuralPrograms/BehavioralAndSocialResearch/2008Review.htm>http://www.NIA.NIH.gov/ResearchInformation/ExtramuralPrograms/BehavioralAndSocialResearch/2008Review.htm
>.
>
>Vacancies will soon be posted at
><http://www.nia.nih.gov/AboutNIA/Jobs.htm>http://www.nia.nih.gov/AboutNIA/Jobs.htm
>. BSR staff will be at the ASSA meetings,
>although selections may be made in 2009. For
>position information interested candidates
>should contact John Haaga, 301-496-3131,
><mailto:HaagaJ_at_mail.nih.gov>HaagaJ_at_mail.nih.gov;
>for application information contact Lauren
>Carroll Tedesco, 301-594-2288,
><mailto:Lauren.Carroll_at_nih.gov>Lauren.Carroll_at_nih.gov.
>
>
>Application Instructions:
>Position vacancy soon to be posted at
><http://www.nia.nih.gov/AboutNIA/jobs.htm>www.nia.nih.gov/AboutNIA/jobs.htm
>
>Informational URL: <http://www.nia.nih.gov/bsr>http://www.nia.nih.gov/bsr
>
>
>For more information, email: neile@.nih.gov
>
>For more information, phone: 301-496-3131
>
>Thanks,
>
>Georgeanne E. Patmios
>Division of Behavioral and Social Research
>National Institute on Aging / National Institutes of Health
>Gateway Building, Suite 533
>7201 Wisconsin Avenue, MSC 9205
>Bethesda, MD 20892-9205 (use 20814 for express mail)
>Tel: 301-496-3138; Fax: 301-402-0051; Email:
><mailto:PatmiosG_at_NIA.NIH.GOV>PatmiosG_at_NIA.NIH.GOV
>NIA Website: <http://www.nia.nih.gov/>http://www.nia.nih.gov/
>
>

Joan P. Stillwell
Program Administrator
Economics of Aging, NBER
617-588-0363