School of Health Professions-Associate ProfessorProfessor-Nutrition Sciences
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Job Location:
Birmingham, MI - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
7 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Description
The University of Alabama at Birmingham ( UAB ) Department of Nutrition Sciences in the Schools of Health Professions and Medicine is seeking a Director of the Nutrition and Obesity Research Center ( NORC ). This will be a full-time 12-month faculty appointment. Rank and tenure status will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. The Director will lead the promotion of Nutrition and Obesity research direct the centers enrichment program recruit and mentor investigators and oversee the collaborative research efforts of the center. The ideal candidate will have an established record of accomplishment of academic excellence mentoring and scientific leadership and a well-developed funded research program in nutrition metabolism and/or obesity. A medical degree or a doctoral degree is required. The Director of the NORC will play an active role in the Department of Nutrition Sciences ( ) which is chaired by Barbara A. Gower PhD and has 25 full-time faculty members and more than 100 staff students and postdoctoral fellows involved in basic animal physiologic clinical and community-based research patient care and teaching. The department has a robust portfolio of extramural research funding hosts two NIDDK -supported centers (the NORC and the Diabetes Research Center) and serves as a clinical center for the NIH consortium study Nutrition for Precision Health. The Department offers numerous nutrition-related education programs including an undergraduate major and minor a broad portfolio of masters degrees a doctoral program and a dietetic internship and directs three NIH -funded T-32 training programs. UAB is a flourishing urban university and medical center with research funding exceeding $715 million.
Required Qualifications
Minimum qualifications include a medical degree or a doctoral degree and established research in nutrition metabolism and/or obesity
The University of Alabama at Birmingham ( UAB ) Department of Nutrition Sciences in the Schools of Health Professions and Medicine is seeking a Director of the Nutrition and Obesity Research Center ( NORC ). This will be a full-time 12-month faculty appointment. Rank and tenure status will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. The Director will lead the promotion of Nutrition and Obesity research direct the centers enrichment program recruit and mentor investigators and oversee the collaborative research efforts of the center. The ideal candidate will have an established record of accomplishment of academic excellence mentoring and scientific leadership and a well-developed funded research program in nutrition metabolism and/or obesity. A medical degree or a doctoral degree is required. The Director of the NORC will play an active role in the Department of Nutrition Sciences ( ) which is chaired by Barbara A. Gower PhD and has 25 full-time faculty members and more than 100 staff students and postdoctoral fellows involved in basic animal physiologic clinical and community-based research patient care and teaching. The department has a robust portfolio of extramural research funding hosts two NIDDK -supported centers (the NORC and the Diabetes Research Center) and serves as a clinical center for the NIH consortium study Nutrition for Precision Health. The Department offers numerous nutrition-related education programs including an undergraduate major and minor a broad portfolio of masters degrees a doctoral program and a dietetic internship and directs three NIH -funded T-32 training programs. UAB is a flourishing urban university and medical center with research funding exceeding $715 million.
Required Qualifications
Minimum qualifications include a medical degree or a doctoral degree and established research in nutrition metabolism and/or obesity
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- Research Experience
- Teaching
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- Mentoring
- Research Laboratory Experience
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UAB is an internationally renowned research university and academic medical center known for its innovative and interdisciplinary approach to education.
