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Postdoctoral
Posted July 7, 2021
The new EU Horizon 2020 funded SteamBioAfrica project (Innovative Large-Scale Production of Affordable Clean Burning Solid Biofuel and Water in Southern Africa: transforming bush encroachment from a problem into a secure and sustainable energy source) is now hiring three PostDoc Research Fellows to be based at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (with two more to come at Namibia University of Science and Technology). The project will be implemented in three countries: Namibia, Botswana and RSA.
Postdoctoral
Posted June 28, 2021
A Postdoctoral Fellow position is available in the Cleveland Clinic in the laboratory of Dr. Fail Cresci in the Department of Inflammation and Immunity at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute. Individuals with experience and interest in studying ethanol induced gut microbiome alterations and intestinal inflammation and immune function are encouraged to apply.
Postdoctoral
Posted June 16, 2021
The Nutrition T32 training grant has an opening for a post doc slot that needs to be filled before July 31.
Please send potential trainees to the co-PIs (Frank Hu or Chris Duggan). The candidates can also apply directly through the link below. The candidates need to an US citizen or permanent resident.
Postdoctoral
Posted June 8, 2021
Six post-doctoral positions are available at the University of Vermont (UVM) through a cluster-hire with a focus on sustainable dairy food systems. The two-year positions (with potential option for renewal) will work with UVM faculty in collaboration with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and will be based at UVM. The post-doctorates and advisors will coordinate efforts across different positions and contribute to new knowledge on dairy within the spectrum of food system research.
Postdoctoral
Posted June 8, 2021
The Future Sustainable Food Systems research group at the University of Helsinki, led by TABLE member Associate Professor Hanna Tuomisto, is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to contribute to various projects related to sustainability assessment of food systems. The focus will be on environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) of agriculture and food production, including novel cell-culturing based technologies (e.g. cultured meat and microbial proteins).
Postdoctoral
Posted June 8, 2021
The increase in global population has led to the need for more sustainable and innovative methods throughout the food supply chain. This is partly to ensure food security, but also to help deal with rising CO2 levels and global emissions. The aim of the project is to investigate the feasibility of integrating vertical farming and automated food processing, with an indoor transport delivery system. The main objective is to determine what effect vertical farming has on the food supply chain.
Postdoctoral
Posted June 8, 2021
The Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health is pleased to offer an NHLBI-funded T32 pre-doctoral and post-doctoral training slot in our Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology. This training grant is funding a research and training position to study the effects of behavior, the environment, and global health on CVD.
Postdoctoral
Posted May 5, 2021
Preventing cancer is one of the most important scientific and public health aims for the 21st Century. To achieve that goal, the Nation needs leaders: scientists and health professionals trained in the principles and practice of cancer prevention and control.
Postdoctoral
Posted April 26, 2021
The University of Vermont (UVM) seeks two exceptional postdoctoral researchers in Regenerative Agriculture. The postdocs will join a growing interdisciplinary research community focused on innovative farm practices, payments for ecosystem services, and farm viability in the U.S. Northeast. They will help to broaden collaborations among UVM’s new Agricultural Research Station (ARS), Philo Ridge Farm - a diversified 400-acre farm nearby, and a number of new research and policy initiatives in Vermont and the Northeast.
Postdoctoral
Posted April 22, 2021
The College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University invites applications for a postdoctoral research fellow. The fellow will work with Dr. Shu Wang, Professor in Nutrition, Arizona State University. The fellowship is housed at Arizona State University and is to prepare the trainee for a career in academic research.
Postdoctoral
Posted April 20, 2021
The MOTIVATE Research Lab at NYU Langone in New York City is seeking a post-doctoral fellow to lead a new behavioral weight management intervention study in Veterans. Applicants should have a doctoral-level degree and a minimum of 5 years of research experience in one or more of the following areas: Health Psychology, Motivation, Behavior Change, Health Promotion, Public Health, Health Disparities, Obesity, Nutrition, Physical Activity, Qualitative research, Quantitative analysis, and/or Implementation Science.
Postdoctoral
Posted April 8, 2021
A vacancy for a postdoctoral research associate is available at the University of Georgia (UGA) Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. The incoming associate will pursue research to characterize women forest landowners in three southeastern states of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina, reflecting upon their socio-economic status, changes in forestland ownership, and other essential factors. He/she will also relate the attitudes of women forest landowners with behavior in the context of sustainable forest management.
Postdoctoral
Posted March 16, 2021
We seek to hire a post-doctoral social science researcher as part of our National Science Foundation -- funded project on social and ecological impacts of digital agricultural innovation: https://sites.coecis.cornell.edu/farmnetworkingimpact/. The project is a collaboration between the Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the College of Computer and Information Science at Cornell University.
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 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
Duties & Responsibilities:
Job at Friedman
Posted July 21, 2021
The Leading a Sustainability Transition in Nutrition (LASTING) Project, led by faculty at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Friedman School at Tufts University, will focus on major gaps in diet sustainability research and policy translation, with the goal of producing detailed, compelling, and evidence-based analyses that integrate the four pillars of sustainability (environmental, health, economic, and social).
Job at Friedman
Posted April 20, 2021
This part-time position directly reports to the Director of Communications at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and also works with the guidance of the Senior Communications Specialist. This position will focus primarily, but not exclusively, on assisting the communications team with web edits, organizational help, drafting stories, social media assistance, and the creation of short promotional videos through the use of iMovie/Adobe/Canva software.
Job at Friedman
Posted April 8, 2021
ChildObesity180 is a unique and multidisciplinary organization that leverages innovative approaches from nutrition and public health, systems science, and the business community to transform the way communities prevent obesity. We bring together cross-sector leaders to bring together gather diverse perspectives, build consensus, and drive coordinated, comprehensive action to improve environments and promote health for everyone.
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
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.