Research Dietitian - Military Nutrition Research

Culmen International • Natick, MA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Culmen International is seeking a Research Dietitian for Military Nutrition Research. This role serves as the operational link between principal investigators, study volunteers, metabolic-kitchen and laboratory personnel, regulatory reviewers, data staff, and research partners. It is a hands-on research position for an experienced dietitian capable of managing clinical research coordination, specialized diet design, participant-facing procedures, regulatory documentation, and scientific reporting.

Requirements

• Active Registered Dietitian/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist credential through the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• Current Certified Clinical Research Professional certification.
• Current CITI Program certifications for Biomedical Research Investigators and Study Coordinators and Research Monitors.
• Current Basic Life Support certification.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating human-subjects or clinical research and maintaining GCP-compliant, audit-ready study documentation.
• Experience designing controlled research diets and working in a metabolic kitchen, including nutrition analysis and precise menu/portion control.
• Hands-on experience with physiological testing and phlebotomy.
• Knowledge of nutrition interventions—including probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics—and their potential effects on health and performance.
• Ability to work on-site during USARIEM core hours and support field studies, travel, nights, or weekends when protocol schedules require.

Nice To Haves

• Graduate degree in nutrition, dietetics, nutritional sciences, public health, physiology, or a related field.
• Military, tactical, environmental-physiology, ration, or Warfighter-performance research experience.
• Experience with DEXA, InBody, indirect calorimetry, cardiorespiratory exercise testing, SPSS, and Food Processor.
• Experience preparing peer-reviewed manuscripts or presenting research at national scientific conferences.

Responsibilities

• Assist with research protocols, informed-consent forms, initial Institutional Review Board submissions, amendments, continuing reviews, final reports, and audit-ready regulatory files.
• Coordinate recruitment and daily operations for multiple nutrition-focused human-subjects studies while protecting participant rights, protocol fidelity, data integrity, and Good Clinical Practice.
• Design, formulate, analyze, and prepare specialized research diets and menus for controlled-feeding studies in a metabolic-kitchen environment using Food Processor or comparable approved software.
• Develop study-approved nutrition education and adherence materials and document planned versus actual dietary intake.
• Conduct body-composition and metabolic testing using DEXA, InBody, indirect calorimetry, cardiorespiratory testing, and other protocol-authorized methods.
• Perform phlebotomy and support nutrition and lifestyle intervention protocols, including randomized, placebo-controlled studies.
• Coordinate military ration field tests and research activities in heat, cold, altitude, or other demanding operational environments; travel within CONUS as required.
• Analyze study data using SPSS and nutrition-analysis software and prepare tables, figures, manuscripts, technical reports, posters, and presentations.
• Train study personnel in approved clinical data-collection procedures and protocol requirements.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary research teams.

Benefits

• Exceptional Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance, premiums for employees are 100% paid by Culmen, and dependent coverage is available at a nominal rate (including same or opposite sex domestic partners)
• 401k – Vested immediately and 4% match
• Life insurance and disability paid by the company
• Supplemental Insurance Available
• Opportunities for Training and Continuing Education
• 12 Paid Holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level