Postdoctoral Associate- Pediatric and Maternal Nutrition
About The Position
The Children's Nutrition Research Center (CNRC) at Baylor College of Medicine invites applications for a the competitive CNRC Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pediatric Nutrition. The CNRC is an internationally recognized Center for pediatric nutrition research operated in cooperation between the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Baylor College of Medicine, and Texas Children’s Hospital. The CNRC is located in a modern, fully equipped research facility in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, TX. The goal of the Training Program at the CNRC is to prepare Ph.D. and M.D. postdocs for biomedical research careers in nutrition that focus on pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Supported trainees conduct research under the mentorship of a CNRC faculty member in basic, translational, behavioral, and clinical pediatric and/or maternal nutrition research, while also benefitting from state-of-the-art training, didactic structure, and a mentoring committee. Research areas include molecular regulation of metabolism, growth, and body composition; developmental determinants of chronic diseases; epigenetic outcomes of nutritional conditions; dietary bioactives; neuroregulation of appetite and metabolism; dietary requirements; behavioral basis of energy balance; and crop improvement.
Requirements
- MD or Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.
- No experience required.
Nice To Haves
- M.D. degree or A Ph.D. degree in nutrition, molecular biology, physiology, genetics, biostatistics, epidemiology, animal science, psychology, sociology, or related field of study.
- Must have less than 5 years of relevant research experience since the receipt of their doctoral degrees.
Responsibilities
- Full understanding of framing research questions, research design and methods, and project implemetation.
- Learns and becomes an expert at research techniques involved in your projects and, when appropriate, develops and establishes methods of research, tests and collects data, conducts analysis and evaluation, and writes reports containing descriptive, analytical and evaluative content.
- Exercises independent discretion and judgment in carrying out research activities within the predetermined research scope and methodology.
- Within the predetermined research scope and methodology, conducts research experiments in the field of Nutrition Science.
- Collects and analyzes data, including periodical/literature search and utilizing specialized skills in related field to analyze the collected data.
- Demonstrates proficiency in scientific/manuscript writing for publication in scientific journals, grant writing, poster and oral presentations.
- Attends conferences and seminars.
- Strong publication record and demonstrated experience in research study design and project implementation.
- Mentors research training in laboratory specific research methods.
- Attends courses, seminars, and lectures that integrate the study of research methods and processes.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
