Description

Title: Associate or Full Researcher / Professor (Director, Nutrition Shared Service)
Position Number: 0087684
Hiring Unit: University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Population Sciences in the Pacific
Location: University of Hawaii Cancer Center
Closing Date: Continuous
Salary Information:  Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
 
Other Conditions:
This advertisement is for faculty position, to begin approximately November 2023. This position will be funded by state appropriated funds for the initial 2- year appointment; subsequent partial external funding is expected. Continuation of appointment is contingent upon satisfactory performance. The University of Hawaii Cancer Center (UHCC), an NCI Designated Cancer Center, is seeking an established investigator with research focused in dietary assessment in diverse populations, nutritional risk or prognostic factors for cancer, such as obesity, and nutritional intervention studies for a tenure track position in the Population Sciences in the Pacific (PSP) Program.  The PSP has a focus on addressing cancer disparities in Hawaii and the Pacific and hosts scientists who are at the forefront of cancer research in epidemiology (including nutritional epidemiology), body composition, behavioral science, community-based participatory research, multiomic applications and translational research.  Researchers who may interact synergistically with other UHCC researchers, either because of similar research interests or because they contribute expertise in areas that could integrate with current research activities and who have NCI or other national peer-reviewed funding, are the ideal candidates. The successful candidate will oversee the UHCC Nutritional Support Shared Resource, a P30-supported shared resource that provides dietary assessment and nutritional counselling support to cancer center members for research studies. Among the other core facilities available are ones supporting Body Composition imaging, Analytical Biochemistry and metabolomics, Genomics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, and other core Microscopy. Infrastructure also available includes a metabolic kitchen, nutritional education room and a prevention research clinic. Several large cohort studies with extensive biorepositories offer excellent research opportunities for new faculty members. The successful candidate will join a team of diverse and dynamic researchers devoted to groundbreaking research into the underlying causes driving cancer burden in Hawaii and the Pacific, and to developing novel interventions to address cancer disparities.

Associate Researcher Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Perform cancer-related research focused in human nutrition. This position will have a key role in advancing the center's research mission with a focus on nutrition research and will have the opportunity to assume a leadership role in the Cancer Center as Director of the Nutrition Support Shared Resource;
2. Pursue an independent line of investigation that is competitive for national grants such as from the National Cancer Institute.
3. Collaborate with faculty members of the UH Cancer Center, the Hawaii Cancer Consortium, other UH departments, such as the Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, and community-based health care providers or organizations; and engage in researcher training/mentoring, and other academic activities.
4. Seek collaborative research opportunities where Hawaii has an advantage due to its special multi-ethnic population with disparate lifestyles and outcomes.
5. May supervise postgraduate students (PhD or MS) and participate in graduate level teaching.
6. Serve as a role model within the UH Cancer Center, the UH, and in the national or international research, academic, and/or medical community.
7. May assist with other related professional and scientific research endeavors.
8. Perform scholarly activities as assigned.

Researcher Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Same duties and responsibilities as Associate Researcher but will require greater accountability for more complex projects.
2. Serve as a role model within the UH Cancer Center, the UH, and in the national or international research, academic, and/or medical community.
3. May assist in the administration of the UHCC programs and with other related professional and scientific research endeavors.

Requirements

Associate Researcher Minimum Qualifications:

1. Doctorate in nutrition, epidemiology, or related area from a college or university of recognized standing.
2. Four years of effective research with demonstrated increasing professional maturity and independence at the rank of Assistant Researcher or equivalent.
3. Demonstrated research ability judged competent and adequate for the rank as compared with peers active in the same field at other major research universities.
4. Demonstrated ability to plan and organize research activities; 
5. Demonstrated ability in teaching, research, and program administration.
6. Experience managing a nutrition research core, including managing staff and databases, such as food composition tables (FCT); overseeing a metabolic kitchen, etc. 
7. Demonstrated expertise in dietary assessment research, including knowledge of food composition issues in diverse populations and/or nutritional intervention studies. 
8. A strong research track-record with active national peer-reviewed funding in cancer and/or other chronic diseases, with evidence of a sustained extramural funding base.
9. Qualified candidates will have an innovative research program in human nutrition supported by an extensive publication record.
10. Demonstrated ability to serve as a role model for students and junior colleagues, and to effectively meet, interact and confer with others.

Researcher Minimum Qualifications:

1. Doctorate in nutrition, epidemiology, or related area from a college or university of recognized standing.
2. Four years of effective research with demonstrated increasing professional maturity and independence at the rank of Associate Researcher or equivalent.
3. Demonstrated research productivity which has resulted in significant recognition by the national or international community of scholars active in the same field.
4. Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and/or supervise research activities; Demonstrated ability in teaching, research, and program administration.
5. Experience managing a nutrition research core, including managing staff and databases, such as food composition tables (FCT); overseeing a metabolic kitchen, etc. 
6. National recognition as an expert in dietary assessment research, including knowledge of food composition issues in diverse populations and/or nutritional intervention studies.
7. Demonstrated capacity for independent professional research as shown by participation in the affairs of regional and/or national research groups and/or societies.
8. A strong research track record with active national peer-reviewed funding in nutrition research, with evidence of a sustained extramural funding base.
9. Qualified candidates will have an innovative research program in nutrition supported by an extensive publication record.
10. Demonstrated ability to serve as a role model for students and junior colleagues, and to effectively meet, interact and confer with others.

Desirable Qualifications:

1. Experience in conducting translational research; assessing dietary intake in large population-based studies; leveraging novel technology to assess diet/nutrition; working with diets in culturally diverse populations; collaborating with large consortia.
2. Credentialed as a Registered Dietitian.
3. Leadership experience in professional and scientific research field or branch of learning such as precision nutrition, feeding studies or community trials in multicultural, and underserved populations.
4. Evidence of research collaborations, such as multi-principle investigator or multi-project extramural funding and collaborative publications.
5. Evidence of commitment to and success in educational programs and mentoring.
6. Service on journal editorial boards and national or international grant review study sections.

To Apply:
Submit cover letter indicating how you satisfy the minimum and desirable qualifications, current curriculum vitae, statement of current and future research interests, names of five (5) professional references with contact information (including email addresses), official transcripts (OR original documentation from the institution confirming degree OR copy of U.S. board certification). Copy of transcript is acceptable in place of U.S. board certification for evaluation purposes but original is required upon hire. (Note: Only complete applications will be considered.)

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