National Institute of Health - Health Scientist Administrator - Program Officer

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation's medical research agency—making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.

Thanks in large part to NIH-funded medical research, Americans today are living longer and healthier. Life expectancy in the United States has jumped from 47 years in 1900 to 78 years as reported in 2009, and disability in people over age 65 has dropped dramatically in the past 3 decades. In recent years, nationwide rates of new diagnoses and deaths from all cancers combined have fallen significantly.

Interested in what it is like to be a Program Officer at the National Institutes of Health? Check out this video as one the National Institutes of Health's Program Officers talks about what it is like to work at such a great place.