Summary

The Children's Nutrition Research Center (CNRC) at Baylor College of Medicine invites applications for a Postdoctoral Associate in Pediatric Nutrition. The CNRC is an internationally recognized leader in pediatric nutrition operated in cooperation between the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Baylor College of Medicine, and Texas Children’s Hospital. The CNRC is located in a modern, fully equipped research facility in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, TX.  

The goal of the Training Program at the CNRC is to prepare Ph.D. and M.D. recipients for academic careers in nutrition that focus on pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence. The program in basic, translational, behavioral, and clinical nutrition research provides state-of-the-art training, didactic structure, and mentoring. Research areas include molecular regulation of metabolism, growth, and body composition; developmental determinants of chronic diseases; epigenetic outcomes of nutritional conditions; neuroregulation of appetite and metabolism; dietary requirements; and behavioral basis of energy balance.

Baylor College of Medicine typically follows similar to the NIH stipulated stipend guidelines for Postdoctoral Associates.

Job Duties

• Understands complete framing of research questions, research design and methods, and project implemetation.
• Learns and becomes experts at research techniques involved in your projects and, when appropriate, to develop and establish methods of research, testing and data collection, analysis and evaluation, and writing reports containing descriptive, analytical and evaluative content.
• Exercises independent discretion and judgment in carrying out research activities within the predetermined research scope and methodology.
• Conducts research experiments in the field of Nutrition Science,  within the predetermined research scope and methodology.
• Collects and analyzes data that includes periodical/literature search, utilizing specialized skills in related field to analyze the collected data.
• Demonstrates proficiency in scientific/manuscript writing for publication in scientific journals, grant writing, poster and oral presentations.
• Attends conferences and seminars.
• Records and demonstrates experience in research study design and project implementation.
• Mentors research training in laboratory specific research methods.
• Integrates courses, seminars, and lectures that assist the study of research methods and processes.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• MD or Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.
• No experience required.

Preferred Qualifications

• M.D. degree or A Ph.D. degree in nutrition, molecular biology, physiology, genetics, biostatistics, epidemiology, animal science, psychology, sociology, or related field of study.
• Must have less than 5 years of relevant research experience since the receipt of their doctoral degrees.