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University of California, Davis

Location: DavisCA 95616 Document ID: AC385-5P2C Posted on: 2018-10-0210/02/2018 Job Type: Regular

Job Schedule:Full-time
Minimum Education: Ph.D.2018-12-01
 

Assistant Professor of Clinical Nutrition

The Department of Nutrition in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Davis is recruiting an Assistant Professor of Clinical Nutrition with a preferred emphasis in human nutrition, health and dietetics. This is an academic year (9-month), tenure track, Assistant Professor position that includes the expectation of mission-oriented research and outreach relevant to the California Agricultural Experiment Station (AES).

The Department of Nutrition is seeking applicants that focus on mechanisms and biomarkers of human health and disease influenced by foods and food components. The successful candidate may have expertise in basic or applied nutrition research approaches, and must have a focus on metabolic and functional outcomes and application to human clinical nutrition. The individual will be expected to contribute to advancing science toward precision nutrition and to conduct or collaborate on human dietary interventions and clinical trials in a variety of physiologic conditions. This area of research is closely aligned with key departmental strengths. The department goal is to maintain and extend our high level research visibility and impact through cutting edge, solutions oriented basic and applied research. The candidate must be a Registered Dietitian and will contribute to the departmental strengths in dietetics education.

The successful candidate will coordinate with existing departmental colleagues who have expertise in cellular and integrative metabolism, nutri-omics, maternal, infant and child nutrition, mechanisms and models of development and of non-communicable chronic diseases such as cardiovascular, diabetes and cancer, and the nutrition of diverse populations in international and domestic settings.

The appointee is expected to establish a competitively funded research program in human nutrition to address critical or emerging societal issues in human health and disease. The appointee will be responsible for teaching two to three courses each year, contribute to curricular development, and provide undergraduate and graduate student advising and mentoring. The appointee will be expected to teach undergraduate courses: Nutrition 116BL (Practicum in Clinical Nutrition and Medical Nutrition Therapy) and Nutrition 111B (Recommendations and Standards in Nutrition). Graduate teaching is expected and will involve contributions to developing a Master’s level course(s) in clinical nutrition to support RD credentialing requirements for 2024. Participation in and development of public outreach and/or community engagement programs, and performance of departmental and university service is expected. This position is expected to work with Cooperative Extension specialists and advisors, partners in allied industries or other appropriate public stakeholders.

This recruitment is conducted at the assistant rank. The resulting hire will be at the assistant rank, regardless of the proposed appointee's qualifications. This is a tenure-track academic year (9-month) position.

Applicants should submit materials via the following website:
https://recruit.ucdavis.edu. Additional inquiries should be directed to Dr. Carl L. Keen (Recruitment Advisory Committee Chair) Department of Nutrition, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, (530)752-6331, clkeen@ucdavis.edu.
The position will remain open until filled but to ensure consideration, applications should be received by November 26, 2018.

UC Davis is an affirmative action/equal employment opportunity employer and is dedicated to recruiting a diverse faculty community. We welcome all qualified applicants to apply, including women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities.
UC Davis supports Family-friendly recruitments. UC Davis covers travel expenses for a second
person to accompany an invited faculty recruitment candidate who is a mother (or single parent of either gender) of a breast or bottle-feeding child less than two years of age.
http://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/programs/work-life/index.html

UC Davis recognizes the necessity of supporting faculty with efforts to integrate work, family and other work-life considerations. To recruit and retain the best faculty, the campus sponsors a Work Life
Program that provides programs and services that support faculty as they strive to honor their commitments to work, home and community. http://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/programs/worklife/index.html

UC Davis was ranked #1 in 2016 on Forbes Magazine list of the 13 most important STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) universities for women, and is expecting to earn the U.S. Department of Education’s “Hispanic Serving Institution” designation by 2018-2019. Davis celebrates the multi-cultural diversity of its student body by creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for students through such organizations and programs as the Center for African Diaspora Student Success; the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual Resource Center; Casa Cuauhtémoc Chicano-Latino Theme House; Asian Pacific American Theme House; ME/SA (Middle astern/South Asian) living-learning community; Multi- Ethnic Program (MEP); Chicano/Latino Retention Initiative; and Native American Theme Program.

The UC Davis Partner Opportunities Program (POP) is a service designed to support departments and deans’ offices in the recruitment and retention of outstanding faculty. Eligibility for POP services is limited to full-time Academic Senate Ladder Rank faculty (including Lecturers with Security of Employment (LSOE), Lecturers with Potential Security of Employment (LPSOE) Senior Lecturer with Security of Employment (SLPSOE)), and Cooperative Extension Specialists.

UC Davis is a smoke- and tobacco-free campus effective January 1, 2014. Smoking, the use of smokeless tobacco products, and the use of unregulated nicotine products (e-cigarettes) will be strictly prohibited on any property owned or leased by UC Davis-- indoors and outdoors, including parking lots and residential space.