Human Environmental Sciences: Nutritional Sciences

Assistant Professor (070312)

Position:
The Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level from investigators whose interests focus on obesity and the metabolic syndrome.

Responsibilities:
The newly expanded Department of Nutritional Sciences now spans three colleges within the University and has a mission focused on an interdisciplinary approach to the obesity epidemic with broad application from pipette to patient to population to policy. The University is noted for interdisciplinary research programs. We are seeking an outstanding scientist to work in our expanding human exercise and nutrition academic and research programs.

The successful applicant will be expected to develop an outstanding translational research program and contribute to Department teaching activities. This person would be involved in campus-wide research initiatives relative to exercise and nutrition in obesity, metabolism, and the metabolic syndrome. Located midway between St. Louis and Kansas City, Columbia is a vibrant university town that is consistently ranked among the top small cities to live in America.

Qualifications:
Position qualifications include a MD/PhD, MD or a PhD with postdoctoral experience and a translational research focus.

Applications:
Please send curriculum vitae, a narrative of research and educational interests, and the names and contact information of three references to:
Chair, Nutritional Sciences Search Committee
Department of Nutritional Sciences
Colleges of Medicine/HES/CAFNR
217 Gwynn Hall
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211
Or by electronic submission (strongly preferred) to: umchesnsjobs@missouri.edu.

The University of Missouri-Columbia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, age disability, or status as disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam Era.

Date Posted:
December 14, 2007