Research Fellow in Nutritional Epidemiology

Exciting new opportunity to work on a great project: Growing Well Study. Full-time research fellow for 3 years. Find out more here and apply.

https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=ENVFS1132

We are seeking an experienced Research Fellow to join the Nutritional Epidemiology Group (NEG) to support an exciting new project: The ‘Growing Well’ study. The project will provide new evidence on diet in children aged 1-5 years, linked to optimum growth and dental health, quantifying age-appropriate portion sizes for different foods and drinks. 

This project involves a multi-disciplinary team across two Universities: the University of Leeds and Queen Mary University, London and NatCen who will undertake fieldwork. Participants from 3 locations: Leeds, Doncaster and East London will be included. The total sample size will be 2100 parents/carers and children, recruited through the Born and Bred in (BaBi) Network birth cohorts boosting the sample as needed through Early Years contacts, health visitors and Social Media.

Skills:

You will have a PhD (or near to completion) in Nutritional Epidemiology or a closely allied discipline together with a strong background in nutritional epidemiology or public health related research. You will also have a positive approach to collaborative research, with experience in quantitative analysis of large datasets using statistical software. In addition, you will have excellent time management, planning, and verbal and written communication skills, with an aptitude for working with diverse team members on multi-disciplinary projects.