Postdoctoral Researcher - Ingestive Behavior, Weight Management, and Health Promotion

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Pennington Biomedical Research Center, a world-renowned academic research institute of Louisiana State University, is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher in Ingestive Behavior, Weight Management and Health Promotion.

The postdoctoral fellow should have a strong interest in behavioral science, dietary assessment, and the design and delivery of mobile health interventions. The successful candidate will join the Ingestive Behavior, Weight Management and Health Promotion Laboratory, which has a well-funded research portfolio that primarily focusses on the development and delivery of lifestyle interventions to improve health and foster effective weight management, the assessment of ingestive behaviors, and the quantification of food intake with imaging technology. The fellow will participate in all aspects of clinical research, including designing research studies, preparing and submitting grant applications, managing study execution, data management and analysis, and dissemination of study results. Competitive candidates include those who wish to pursue a career in academia and who seek to develop an independent line of research, including receiving mentorship on grant preparation and seeking independent grants during the fellowship. The fellow will have the opportunity to participate in a range of clinical research studies, including randomized clinical trials on weight loss, time restricted eating, remotely delivered adaptive interventions, and projects that are developing and validating methods to quantify food intake and related behaviors with smartphone apps. Additional research with apps designed to assess other ingestive behaviors, such as drinking alcohol or vaping, is possible.

Required Qualifications

• PhD/MD in nutrition, psychology, exercise science, kinesiology, statistics or related field.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Pennington Biomedical is an "Equal Opportunity Employer" and Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities" 

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Pennington Biomedical is located within state-of-the-art research facilities on a 222-acre campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. For more information, visit PBRC.

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Questions or concerns can be directed to PBRC Human Resources at 225-763-2776 or hrm@pbrc.edu.