The Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy (http://www.nutrition.tufts.edu) is seeking a dynamic leader to fill the full time, academic position as Director of the Feinstein International Center (FIC).
Careers @ Friedman
Postdoctoral
Posted March 5, 2021
An outstanding candidate is sought to work on an original research project supported by the National Institute of Health (NIH/NHLBI R01 Award) entitled “Cost-Effectiveness of Health System and State-Level Strategies to Improve Diet and Reduce Cardiometabolic Diseases (CMD)” as part of the multi-year, multi-grant Food-PRICE project.
Postdoctoral
Posted March 5, 2021
Postdoctoral Vacancy: Research Chemist/Phytochemical Scientist Join our NIH-funded study of dietary supplements! This project supports theDietary Supplement Ingredient Database (DSID; (https://dsid.od.nih.gov/), a database for information on analytically verified dietary supplementcontent. The DSID website provides online calculators converting labeled levels into analytically derived estimates of ingredients in dietarysupplement products sold in the US.
Postdoctoral
Posted March 3, 2021
Postdoctoral Vacancy: Research Chemist/Phytochemical Scientist Join our NIH-funded study of dietary supplements! This project supports theDietary Supplement Ingredient Database (DSID; (https://dsid.od.nih.gov/), a database for information on analytically verified dietary supplementcontent. The DSID website provides online calculators converting labeled levels into analytically derived estimates of ingredients in dietarysupplement products sold in the US.
Postdoctoral
Posted February 25, 2021
Join our NIH-funded study of dietary supplements! This project supports the Dietary Supplement Ingredient Database (DSID; (https://dsid.od.nih.gov/), a database for information on analytically verified dietary supplement content.
The DSID website provides online calculators converting labeled levels into analytically derived estimates of ingredients in dietary supplement products sold in the US. Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for over 15 years, the DSID project has a team that includes a chemist, biologists, IT analysts and statisticians.
Postdoctoral
Posted January 27, 2021
Up to 3 years of funding of your salary at NIH postdoctoral rates in a highly collegial community of scientists focused on the molecular, genetic, biochemical and clinical and population-based aspects of nutrition-related biomedical research (trainers listed on back/next page).
Postdoctoral
Posted January 25, 2021
Looking to hire a Postdoctoral Researcher to be based at the University of Edinburgh, though open to remote work as well. The Postdoc will work closely with Dr. Lindsay Jaacks and Dr. Peter Alexander at the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security, and Dr. Lindsey Taillie at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (USA).
Postdoctoral
Posted January 6, 2021
The University of Vermont is seeking qualified applicants for a two-year post-doctoral associate position to begin immediately to work with an interdisciplinary team exploring the impact of COVID-19 and related disruptions on food security and health outcomes, food systems, and agricultural communities.
Postdoctoral
Posted December 18, 2020
The Tufts Institute for Global Obesity Research (TIGOR) announces a fellowship for research on any aspect of obesity relating to the health of underrepresented groups.
Postdoctoral
Posted December 7, 2020
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Postdoctoral
Posted November 18, 2020
We are looking for a post-doctoral researcher to design, conduct and analyse field and lab experiments aimed at quantifying soil and plant characteristics using and developing remote sensing technology. The context of the work is the impact of soil management on soil health in arable systems. The research should identify how innovative sensing approaches can contribute to the monitoring of relevant indicators to understand the spatio-temporal dynamics of soil health.
Postdoctoral
Posted September 16, 2019
Job Description
Postdoctoral
Posted July 30, 2019
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Job at Friedman
Posted February 4, 2021
The Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA) program seeks a part-time research assistant to help with development of the Synthesis Centre for Agriculture and Nutrition Research (SCANR). IMMANA is a five-year program that seeks to accelerate progress on the tools, data, and capacity needed to guide evidence-based policy in agriculture, food systems, nutrition, and health. SCANR is an online hub that connects researchers with data, resources, and expert critical perspectives for each stage in the process of
analyzing secondary data.
Job at Friedman
Posted February 3, 2021
The Food & Nutrition Innovation Institute at the Friedman School is seeking a student Program Manager to lead the design of the new challenge being funded by the Seeding the Future Foundation. The Seeding the Future Student Challenge will fund teams of students, over three years, to create innovative global food system solutions that will impact 1 billion lives over 20 years. The Innovation Institute is seeking a leader who can design the details of this program and recruit the first set of teams for fall, 2021.
Job at Friedman
Posted November 11, 2020
This project, led by faculty at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, aims to evaluate the impact of produce prescriptions on food insecurity, health outcomes, and health care utilization among over 5,000 low-income Americans participating in one of nine Wholesome Wave programs incentivizing access to healthy produce.
Job at Friedman
Posted September 30, 2020
The qualitative research component of the Dollar Stores Study aims to understand consumer motivations for shopping at dollar stores and factors influencing retail decision-making among dollar store shoppers. This research intends to highlight consumers’ decision-making in their own words and understand how their experiences may have shifted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This work is part of a larger project on understanding the role of Dollar Stores on food access, led by Drs. Sean Cash (Friedman) and Wenhui Feng (Public Health).
Job at Friedman
Posted September 30, 2020
Office Assistant, Office of Development and Alumni Relations
Job at Friedman
Posted September 17, 2020
Currently, the Food Lab is focused on the importance of whole grain consumption, especially in the form of fresh milled whole grain flour. “Fresh flour” because it is delicious; “whole grain flour” because it is nutritionally consequential: scientists evaluating the consumption of major foods and nutrients in 195 countries identified whole grains as one of three foods that most impact non-communicable disease mortality and morbidity.
Job at Friedman
Posted July 13, 2020
NUTR202 – Principles of Nutrition Science is a required general nutrition course for most incoming Friedman FANPP, AFE, and MPH students. This fall the class meets online in an asynchronous format with an occasional synchronous (live) session. TA will be required to: grade student projects, weekly journals, and exams; assist students and provide instructor support as needed. Candidate must have already taken this course or an equivalent course elsewhere. Preference given to RD, RDN, or PhD candidate, but will consider all qualified candidates.
Job at Friedman
Posted July 8, 2020
Dr. Sean Cash (Friedman Nutrition) and Dr. Wenhui Feng (Public Health, School of Medicine) are looking for student with strong data analytical skills to work on their dollar store study as part of a collaborative agreement with the USDA Economic Research Service. The chosen candidate will work with scanner lever data and study food purchase behaviors in dollar stores. This is a paid position with a project length of one year.
Job at Friedman
Posted May 5, 2020
The Project Coordinator position offers an exciting and challenging opportunity to help improve food, nutrition, and agriculture policy and programming by coordinating the day-to-day operations of three related multiyear projects: the International Dietary Data Expansion (INDDEX) project (Phase II), the Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition (IMMANA) Fellowships program (Phase II), and the Changing Access to Nutritious Diets in Africa and South Asia (CANDASA) project.
Job at Friedman
Posted April 16, 2020
Job Summary:
This Data Analyst position will be based in Boston at the Friedman School. The responsibilities include supporting the Principal Investigators with the analysis of two large scale studies in Asia and Africa. Assists with producing statistical and evaluation reports, including tables and charts.
Provides technical assistance for data analysis, statistical analysis, and development of data collection instruments.
Interested contact Elizabeth Marion-Costello.
Job at Friedman
Posted March 19, 2020
Under the direct supervision of the principal investigators, support Tufts University Research Projects taking place in Asia/Africa.
Research topics include: International Health and Nutrition interventions, focusing especially on food security and humanitarian assistance programs in Asia and Africa.
Job at Friedman
Posted December 4, 2019
Dr. Jiantao Ma is conducting a research to study relations of alcohol drinking and various omics biomarkers. He is looking for a research assistant for literature review for this project. If you are a second-year (or higher) student or have experience conducing comprehensive literature review, you may be eligible to serve as the research assistant. If interested, please send your resume to Jiantao Ma.
Job at Friedman
Posted October 17, 2019
ChildObesity180 is a national leader in childhood obesity prevention – blending scientific evidence and rigor with innovation and experience from the private sector to develop, implement, evaluate, and scale high-impact obesity prevention initiatives in the US. ChildObesity180’s unique value proposition rests in the ability to leverage the experiences, intellect, and assets from multiple sectors to address one of society’s most pressing public health problems – childhood obesity.