The Division of AIDS (DAIDS) within NIAID seeks an exceptional and visionary leader to serve as the associate director for clinical research, reporting to the Director of DAIDS.
DAIDS was formed in 1986 to develop and implement the national research agenda to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Toward that end, DAIDS supports a global research portfolio to advance biological knowledge of HIV/AIDS and its related co-infections and co-morbidities.
Responsibilities of the associate director for clinical research position include the following:
- Strategically prioritize and coordinate funding of DAIDS’ diverse portfolio of competing clinical studies in prevention and treatment, ensuring adherence to NIAID-wide clinical research policies
- Ensure the ethical and safe execution of all DAIDS-funded clinical research and oversee all stages of the clinical trials including protocol development, review, and approval through protocol review committees and initiation and completion of the trial by the clinical trials networks including data review by data safety monitoring boards and implementation of their recommendations
- Oversee the maintenance of the clinical trials infrastructure to ensure that the networks are current, incorporating mandated changes to policies so that they are positioned to quickly and efficiently pivot to address future public health emergencies in the United States and abroad while maintaining ongoing studies in HIV prevention and treatment
- Play a key role in designing and implementing future directions and renewals of DAIDS’ clinical trial networks
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