Tenure-Track Assistant Professor (Nutrition)

 

Division of Nutrition, USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center (CNRC), Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine

 

The Division of Nutrition, USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center (CNRC), in the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine seeks applicants for an appointment at the Assistant Professor (tenure-track).

 

Scientists in the CNRC work in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment with an ultimate mission to promote the nutritional health of children, and prenatal and lactating women. CNRC investigators use a wide range of model systems (yeasts, plants, mice, rats, piglets, and humans) to unravel the fundamental biology in the broad areas of nutrition, metabolism, and development, investigate the behavioral pathways that contribute to obesity or poorly controlled metabolism among children, and assess approaches for promoting adequate nutrition or preventing and treating obesity among children. We seek outstanding scientists to join the CNRC who can bring in complementary research programs (either clinical or basic) and advance the CNRC mission.

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Job Duties

• Demonstrate research productivity by publication in peer reviewed journals, proposal submission and grantsmanship, presentations at professional meetings that are commensurate with experience, and involvement in professional organizations.

• Work to obtain internal or external funding to support research and establish a robust research group.  

• Contribute to advancement of the profession by sharing specialty expertise through research publication and presentations at professional meetings.

• Teaching of graduate students and/or medical students as a CNRC faculty member who participates in the BCM medical student nutrition courses, or for miscellaneous individualized teaching activities within the Department of Pediatrics.

• Develop original research techniques and applications required for ongoing research projects.

• Plans, directs, and conducts original research experiments.

 

Minimum Qualifications
M.D., D.V.M., and/or Ph.D. degree and demonstrated evidence of commitment to scholarly activity and outstanding scientific accomplishments.

 

Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.

 

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

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Link: https://jobs.bcm.edu/job-invite/13436/

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Application Deadline: 31 January 2023

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Associate Professor, Tenured (Nutrition)

 

Division of Nutrition, USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center (CNRC), Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine

 

The Division of Nutrition, USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center (CNRC), in the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine seeks applicants for an appointment at the Associate Professor (tenured) level Scientists in the CNRC work in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment with an ultimate mission to promote the nutritional health of children, and prenatal and lactating women. CNRC investigators use a wide range of model systems (yeasts, plants, mice, rats, piglets, and humans) to unravel the fundamental biology in the broad areas of nutrition, metabolism and development, investigate the behavioral pathways that contribute to obesity or poorly controlled metabolism among children, and assess approaches for promoting adequate nutrition or preventing and treating obesity among children.

 

We seek outstanding scientists to join the CNRC who can bring in complementary research programs (either clinical or basic) and advance the CNRC mission. We prioritize the originality, excellence and promise of the candidate’s research program rather than the sub-area of specialization.

 

Job Duties

• Demonstrate research productivity by publication in peer reviewed journals, proposal submission and grantsmanship, presentations at professional meetings that are commensurate with experience, and involvement in professional organizations.

• Work to obtain internal or external funding to support research and establish a robust research group.

• Contribute to advancement of the profession by sharing specialty expertise through research publication and presentations at professional meetings.

• Teaching of graduate students and/or medical students as a CNRC faculty member who participates in the BCM medical student nutrition courses, or for miscellaneous individualized teaching activities within the Department of Pediatrics.

• Develop original research techniques and applications required for ongoing research projects.

• Plans, directs, and conducts original research experiments.

 

Minimum Qualifications
M.D., D.V.M., and/or Ph.D. degree and demonstrated evidence of commitment to scholarly activity and outstanding scientific accomplishments.

 

Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.

 

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

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Link: https://jobs.bcm.edu/job-invite/13437/

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Application Deadline: 31 January 2023

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Faculty Position in Exercise Medicine

 

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech

 

Virginia Tech seeks to recruit an innovative researcher in the area of exercise medicine with a focus on the impact on metabolism, obesity, and cardiovascular function for a tenure track faculty position at the assistant professor level. The successful candidate should address issues of the health effects of exercise on cardio metabolic function either during development in childhood and/or throughout the adult lifespan with a focus on the cellular, molecular and organ systems’ effects of exercise. Investigators who focus on mechanistic understanding of the effects of exercise in human subjects and/or laboratory animal models are encouraged to apply. Investigators with innovative genetic, biochemical and physiological approaches that may be applied in humans and/or animal models are welcomed. The person hired for this position will join 38 other faculty led teams at the research institute and will join the new FBRI Center for Exercise Medicine Research (CEMR). The position will be located at the FBRI at VTC (https://research.vtc.vt.edu) on the university’s health sciences campus in Roanoke, Virginia. In addition to the original 100,000 square foot research institute that opened in 2010, a new adjacent 139,000 square foot research building (http://fralinbiomed.info/buildingtour) opened this past year in which the new faculty member will have their research programs. The new CEMR is immediately adjacent to the research laboratories of the FBRI Center for Vascular and Heart Research, offering additional opportunities for collaborations that span metabolism, cardiovascular science and exercise medicine research. Facilities at the research institute include two human whole room calorimeters, metabolic kitchen and dining areas for the study of human nutrition and eating behaviors, multiple research MRIs for human and animal research including high field MR guided PET and MR guided focused ultrasound, multiple cellular/molecular imaging facilities including spinning disc confocal microscopy, standard laser scanning confocal microscopy, scanning block face electron microscopy, super resolution microscopy as well biochemical and molecular biology cores including Mass Spec as well as behavioral testing suites for animals and humans.

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Applications will be reviewed continuously until the position is filled. It is expected that initial interviews will begin in October, 2022. To apply, please submit your application including curriculum vitae, detailed statement of research accomplishments and plans, and teaching/mentoring philosophy, and a statement of plans for supporting diversity and inclusion at www.jobs.vt.edu, posting #521815. To complete the application, the applicant should also have at least three references post their letters of support to the same site.

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Virginia Tech recognizes the critical importance of diverse teams of scholars. It seeks to diversify its faculty along multiple dimensions, bringing talent, experience and insights from multiple perspectives to work together in collaborative teams to solve the most pressing challenges in the biomedical and health sciences. Virginia Tech is a public global land-grant university, committed to research, teaching and learning, and outreach to the Commonwealth of Virginia, the nation, and the world. Building on its motto of Ut Prosim (that I may serve), Virginia Tech is dedicated to InclusiveVT- https://www.inclusive.vt.edu/ serving in the spirit of community, diversity, and excellence. We seek candidates who adopt and practice the Principles of Community (https://www.inclusive.vt.edu/Programs/vtpoc0.html), which are fundamental to our on-going efforts to increase access and inclusion and to create a community that nurtures learning and growth for all of its members. Virginia Tech is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies, contact the Office of Equity and Access at 540-231-2010 or Virginia Tech, North End Center, Suite 2300 (0318), 300 Turner St. NW, Blacksburg, VA 24061.

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Inquiries about the position should be directed to the Executive Director of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Dr. Michael J. Friedlander at friedlan@vtc.vt.edu or to the Director of the FBRI Center for Exercise Medicine Research, Dr. Zhen Yan at zhenyan1@vtc.vt.edu 

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Required Qualifications

Applicants should have an earned doctorate in developmental psychology, biopsychology, neuroscience, or related biomedical field, and a demonstrated record of accomplishment of research productivity. The successful applicant will be expected to establish and maintain a high-quality, extramurally-funded research program and participate in research mentoring of undergraduate, graduate, and medical students with some teaching in graduate programs.

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Link: https://careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us/job/521815/faculty-position-in-exercise-medicine

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Application Deadline: Open until position filled