Description du poste
This position is located in the Foreign Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Unit (FABADRU), at the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility (NBAF), in Manhattan, Kansas. The FABADRU mission is to protect animals from domestic, exotic, and emerging arthropod- borne animal pathogens and provide information to enhance U.S. competitiveness in international trade of livestock.
PRINCIPALES MISSIONS :
Study factors that permit transmission of these viruses, and the other viruses studied by the FABADRU, to livestock hosts in order to break the transmission cycle and develop methods and countermeasures to prevent and control outbreaks of disease.
Determine mammalian host susceptibility of target viruses through the analysis of in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo viral infections.
Elucidate mechanisms of how viruses are transmitted to hosts, between hosts, and maintained in host populations
Validate existing and/or develop new countermeasures such as vaccines and diagnostic tests to control outbreaks.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES :
Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. All applicants must meet one of the basic education requirements listed below in the Education section, in addition to meeting the following minimum qualification requirements. GS-12: Applicants must demonstrate at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service or possess a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or possess an equivalent combination of graduate level education and experience. Graduate education must be directly related to the work of the position and must have equipped applicants with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Specialized experience is experience directly related to the position to be filled. The specialized experience requirements for the GS-12 level of this position are: independently implementing scientific principles, methods, and processes to conduct a systematic and objective inquiry into animal diseases and host-pathogen relationships dealing with the immunology against animal zoonotic viruses. GS-13: Applicants must demonstrate at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience directly related to the position to be filled. The specialized experience requirements for the GS-13 level of this position are experience in animal work collecting samples for immunological analysis in compliance with US government animal welfare regulations and experience independently researching the immunology of animal zoonotic viruses as evidenced thorough publications. Education for 0701 Series: In order to qualify at the GS-12 or GS-13 grade levels on the basis of education, applicants must successfully complete relevant graduate study or a dual DVM/graduate degree as described below at an accredited college or school, in addition to completing the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or an equivalent degree mentioned in the Education section. GS-12: Master's degree in an area of specialization, including but not limited to, animal science, avian medicine, food safety, infectious diseases, veterinary clinical sciences, pathobiology, biomedical sciences, veterinary anatomy, veterinary preventive medicine, comparative biological sciences, epidemiology, veterinary parasitology, molecular veterinary biosciences, public health, microbiology, pathology, immunology, laboratory animal medicine, toxicology, wildlife, zoological animal medicine, or sciences related to the work of a veterinary medical officer position. OR Residency/Post-Graduate Training Programs--Successful completion of two years of an internship, residency program, or fellowship training program in a discipline related to the position. GS-13: Ph.D. degree in an area of specializati