FACULTY POSITION
Department of Nutrition Sciences,
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Department of Nutrition Sciences in the Schools of Health Professions and Medicine, is seeking a Director of the Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (NORC). This will be a full-time, 12-month faculty appointment. Rank and tenure status will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. The Director will lead the promotion of Nutrition and Obesity research, direct the center’s enrichment program, recruit and mentor investigators, and oversee the collaborative research efforts of the center. The ideal candidate will have an established record of accomplishment of academic excellence, mentoring, and scientific leadership, and a well-developed, funded, research program in nutrition, metabolism, and/or obesity. A medical degree or a doctoral degree is required. Includes fringe benefits, retirement plan, healthcare benefits, and generous paid time off.

The Director of the NORC will play an active role in the Department of Nutrition Sciences (www.uab.edu/nutrition), which is chaired by Barbara A. Gower, PhD, and has 25 full-time faculty members and more than 100 staff, students, and postdoctoral fellows involved in basic, animal, physiologic, clinical, and community-based research, patient care, and teaching. The department has a robust portfolio of extramural research funding, hosts two NIDDK-supported centers (the NORC and the Diabetes Research Center), and serves as a clinical center for the NIH consortium study, Nutrition for Precision Health. The Department offers numerous nutrition-related education programs, including an undergraduate major and minor, a broad portfolio of master’s degrees, a doctoral program, and a dietetic internship, and directs three NIH-funded T-32 training programs. UAB is a flourishing urban university and medical center with research funding exceeding $715 million.

Required Qualifications: MD, DrPH, or PhD

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About NS

The Department of Nutrition Sciences, housed in the UAB School of Health Professions (SHP), has 25 full-time faculty members and more than 100 staff, students and postdoctoral fellows involved in basic, animal, physiologic, clinical, and community-based research, patient care and teaching. The department has a robust portfolio of extramural research funding and host both the NIH-funded Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) – one of only 11 in the U.S., and Diabetes Research Center (DRC) – one of only 17 in the U.S. We also have heavy involvement in the UAB O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center. The Department has long-standing distinguished programs in obesity and nutrition patient care, a broad portfolio of nutrition education, and a dietetic internship program. For additional information about the NS department, please visit https://uab.edu/nutrition.

About SHP

The School of Health Professions is home to nearly 30 programs and more than 40 offerings at the bachelor, master and doctoral levels. As one of the six schools comprising the renowned UAB Academic Health Center, our students are exposed to vast resources, state-of-the art facilities and progressive research during their academic and clinical education. Learn more at https://uab.edu/shp.

About UAB

Known for its innovative and interdisciplinary approach to education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a part of the University of Alabama System, is an internationally renowned research university and academic medical center with more than $780 million in annual research expenditures and an economic impact on the state exceeding $12.1 billion a year. UAB is Alabama’s single largest employer, with some 28,000 employees, and was named Forbes’ No. 1 Large Employer in the United States in 2021. UAB enrollment surpassed 21,000 for the sixth consecutive year in fall 2023. The university offers more than 180 degree programs in nine schools and one college. The four pillars of UAB’s mission are education; research, innovation and economic development; community engagement; and patient care. Learn more at www.uab.edu.

UAB is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, sex (including pregnancy), genetic information, age, disability, religion, and veteran’s status. As required by Title IX, UAB prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to UAB’s Assistant Vice President and Senior Title IX Coordinator. The Title IX notice of nondiscrimination is located at uab.edu/titleix.

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About University of Alabama at Birmingham

The University of Alabama at Birmingham pursues the frontiers of education, research and health care within a bold, collaborative culture that strives to be first, best and one-of-a-kind. We offer 137 degree programs to prepare our students for the challenges of a new world economy in a dynamic living and learning environment that inspires and nurtures achievement, social responsibility and enterprise.

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