Description

Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Bone Health (45% Research, 50% Teaching, 5% Service), 9-month academic year tenure-track appointment in the Department of Nutritional Sciences in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences https://www.fcs.uga.edu. 

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: 

Develop a nationally recognized and externally-funded program in the area of clinical and translational nutrition and bone health.
Direct and support research programs of PhD and MS-level students.
Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in nutrition.
Engage in collaborative and interdisciplinary research with faculty in Nutritional Sciences, the College of Family and Consumer Sciences and other UGA departments/colleges.
Contribute to activities that serve the department, college, university, the public and the profession.
To support the development of a nationally recognized clinical and translational research program in nutrition and bone health, the Department of Nutritional Sciences has a Scanco XtremeCTII high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) scanner, a XCT3000 peripheral quantitative computed tomography (p-QCT) scanner, and a Hologic Horizon dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scanner. The Department has strong ties and opportunities for interdisciplinary research with faculty in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Animal and Dairy Sciences, Kinesiology, Pharmacy, Food Science and Technology, Public Health, Veterinary Medicine, Gerontology, Psychology, the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute https://bhsi.uga.edu/ among others. The University of Georgia is one of four institutions within the NIH-funded Georgia Clinical & Translational Alliance which leverages complementary strengths to accelerate clinical and translational research http://georgiactsa.org/ . Additionally, the Clinical and Translational Research Unit (CTRU) https://ctru.uga.edu/ located on the UGA Health Sciences Campus, supports investigators to conduct clinical and translational studies. 

Requirements

To be considered for the position of Assistant Professor, the applicant must hold an earned doctoral degree (upon appointment) in nutrition or a related scientific field. The applicant must have an academic background in the science of nutrition and have demonstrated productivity in bone-related research in health and/or disease. The applicant should have demonstrated scholarly competence and research productivity and evidence of strong written and verbal communication skills.