GFRP Research Associate

Department Carolina Population Center - 631100 Career Area Research Professionals Final date to receive applications 10/16/2026 Position Type Temporary Staff (EHRA NF) Position Title GFRP Research Associate Position Number  Vacancy  N000898 Full-time/Part-time FTE 0.5 Hours Per Week 20 Position Location North Carolina, US Hiring Range $45,000 - $50,000, dependent on qualifications based on .5

FTE Proposed Start Date 12/01/2026 Estimated Duration of Appointment 12 months

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As a member of the Global Food Research Program (GFRP) team, the GFRP Research Associate contributes to studies examining the impact of food and beverage policies in the US and around the world. GFRP research projects include evaluating the effect of policies and proposals using large-scale population-level datasets on the food supply, food purchases, prices, dietary intake, and health. The GFRP Research Associate works closely with our interdisciplinary team and collaborates with research staff, students, programmers, project managers, and many colleagues at UNC and across the globe.

The GFRP Research Associate is responsible for planning, interpreting, analyzing, and evaluating results using household food purchase panel data, retail food sales, and packaged food and beverage nutritional data, thus experience with large and complex datasets is required. Expertise in longitudinal and other advanced statistical methods is required, as is the ability to develop and adapt statistical models, conducting diagnostics and management of these data.

Familiarity with packaged food and beverage product labelling regulations and implications for data quality, methods, and analyses is required as is familiarity with the application of ultraprocessed food definitions and other nutrient…