National Institute on Aging

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This Program Officer will support the development and administration of extramural research portfolios in the areas of behavioral economics (employing psychological insights to explain economic decision making) and econometric methods (statistical approaches that include quasi-experimental methods) to advance aging research. The responsibilities of this position include developing and managing a portfolio of new and on-going research to advance research on macro-social factors driving population trends at older ages in physical and cognitive functioning (including AD/ADRD), disability, morbidity, mortality, health, and well-being, developing and managing a portfolio of new and on-going research on the influence of the health care system on health at older ages, including AD/ADRD, planning and developing new initiatives to address knowledge gaps and research opportunities in selected topics within the Division of Behavioral and Social Research’s areas of scientific oversight, collaborating where appropriate with program counterparts in other DBSR branches, NIA Divisions, and NIH ICOs, interacting where appropriate with NIA scientific review officers and other NIA staff to advance DBSR research initiatives, communicating NIA and NIH policy and research priorities to the scientific community, and providing technical assistance to prospective applicants.