Career Opportunities in Government NTUSPAA-NA San Francisco, CA August 2005
Jan 12, 2016
Career Opportunities in Government
NTUSPAA-NASan Francisco, CA
August 2005
HHS• Administration for Children and Families (ACF) • Administration on Aging (AoA) • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) • Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR) • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) • Food and Drug Administration (FDA) • Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) • Indian Health Service (IHS) • National Institutes of Health (NIH) • Program Support Center (PSC) • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA)
NIH
• 27 institutes under NIH– Cancer, aging, infectious disease, drug abuse,
etc.• Research-oriented• Research budget: $27 billion/yr• Intramural – About 10% of budget– NIMH (De-Maw Chuang); (Su-Chen Wu, Shiuh-
Yeng Chang)• Extramural– >80% awarded through 50,000 grants– NIDA (Nora Chiang & Ming Shih)
FDA
CDER CBER CVM
OND
CDRH
ODS OCPB OPS
ODA OC
OGD
Ling-Huey CheungShu-Luan Lee
Min-Chu Chen Shiew-Mei Huang
Sue-Chih Lee
Sue-Ching LinShulin Ding
Yih-Chain HuangMao-Hsin Shih
Chi-Jen Lee
Mei-Ling Chen
CBER
• Reorganization
• Primary products
–Vaccine
–Blood Products
• Distinguished alumnus
–Chi Jen Lee
CDER• Drugs–Synthetic–Biotech
• Alumni–Pharmacology
/toxicology–Pharmacokinetics –Chemistry
Office of Clinical Pharmacology and Biopharmaceutics
(OCPB)• Right Dose– Subpopulations• Gender• Race• Age• Disease
– Drug Interactions– Genetic variants
Interactions among Disciplines
Industry
Drug Abuse
Pharm/Tox Stat
OGD
Chem
Clinician
OCPB
Now: Electronic NDA
Top 10 reasons for working in government…
#10, #9, #8, #7
#10 Restaurants
Chop Stix Tony Lin’s
Seven SeasTaipei-Tokyo
Fortune Star
Mama Wok
Four Rivers
New Fortune
Kim’s Hunan
Joe’s Noodle
Hunan Manor
Far East
Hong Kong
Harvest Moon
Bob’s Noodle
A & J’s
Bamboo Buffet
China Garden
Fu Shing Cafe And MORE…
#9. Climate
• Four seasons
• No earthquakes
• No floods
• Tornados: rare
#8. Today, Tomorrow & Yesterday
#7 Schools
Top 100 H.S. in US
• Wooten H.S.
• Churchill H.S.
#6. Commute
• Traffic: better than LA
• Subway system
#5: Quality of Work Life
• Locality pay adjustment• Retention bonus• Flexible work schedule• Working from home• Health benefit• No mandatory retirement
#4. Professional Development
Interactions Conferences
Invited Speakers Research
#3: Retirement Benefit
• Health insurance
• Savings Plan
• Pension
#2. Job Security
This would not happen!!!
#1: Job Satisfaction
FDA: Hierarchy
Center
Office 1 Office 2
Division 1 Division 2
Team 1 Team 2