Associate Professor to Professor

Open Rank
- Associate Professor to Professor

Description

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department of Pediatrics | Section of Nutrition

Job Title:
Open Rank
- Associate Professor to Professor

Position #:

- Requisition #:37463

Job Summary:

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan, perform, and analyze research related to the overall mission of an extramurally funded research program.

• Conduct public health outcomes and translational research in the field of nutrition (under nutrition, micronutrient deficiency, over nutrition/obesity), and related conditions and comorbidities e.g., type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and preventive medicine across the entire life course.

• In collaboration with Section of Nutrition, the Department of Pediatrics (DOP), NORC, Colorado School of Public Health (CSPH) and CHCO faculty members facilitate the development of multidisciplinary collaborations in these areas.

• Establish an independent program of extramurally funded research and contribute scholarly work in the form of original publications, manuscripts, and presentations.

• Provide mentorship and research supervision to graduate and postdoctoral trainees, including those on the T32 Nutrition Training Grant and Clinical Nutrition Fellowship

• Provide thought and recognized leadership to emerging national approaches to understanding contributors to nutrition, epidemics of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases in diverse populations.

• Share expertise that involve global research networks

Work Location:

Onsite

Why Join Us:

Why work for the University?

• Medical:
  Multiple plan options

• Dental:
  Multiple plan options

• Additional Insurance:
  Disability, Life, Vision

• Retirement 401(a) Plan:
  Employer contributes 10% of your gross pay

• Paid Time Off:
  Accruals over the year

• Vacation Days: 22/year (maximum accrual 352 hours)

• Sick Days: 15/year (unlimited maximum accrual)

• Holiday Days: 10/year

• Tuition Benefit:
  Employees have access to this benefit on all CU campuses

• ECO Pass:
  Reduced rate RTD Bus and light rail service

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

Associate Professor:

• PhD or MD/PhD or research-intensive MD with focused area of emphasis in field of nutrition (under nutrition, micronutrient deficiency, over nutrition/obesity), and related conditions across the life course.

• Demonstrated 5-7 years of progressive basic, translational, clinical, and/or outcomes research experience with a track record of grant funding
  - Federal agencies preferred

Professor:

• PhD or MD/PhD or research-intensive MD with focused area of emphasis in field of nutrition (under nutrition, micronutrient deficiency, over nutrition/obesity), and related conditions across the life course.

• Demonstrated 7-10 years of progressive basic, translational, clinical, and/or outcomes research experience with a track record of grant funding
  - Federal agencies preferred

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current research funding transferable to CU

• Experience and expertise in micronutrients, precision nutrition, developmental origins of adult disease, early infant feeding, epigenetics and global health.

• Proficiency in study designs, ability to create and present the hypothesis.

• Demonstrable evidence in the ability to develop hypothesis driven research in basic, translational, clinical and/or outcomes sciences.