Open Rank

The Department of Nutrition, chaired by Raz Shaikh, is one of eight departments in the Gillings School of Global Public Health. It is the only nutrition department in the United States situated in both a school of public health and a school of medicine. The Department engages in innovative work that capitalizes on both these schools’ approaches to health; thus, the Department has an unusual breadth of scientific and policy approaches. The Department of Nutrition’s mission is to improve and protect the public’s health through teaching, research, and practice that foster optimal nutrition. Its vision is to achieve optimal nutrition for all people around the globe. The Department of Nutrition consists of 41 primary, 11 joint, and 13 adjunct faculty and 8 administrative staff, as well as postdoctoral fellows and research staff members. During FY 2023, the Department managed over $23 million dollars in sponsored research funding.

In the Fall of 2023, the Department enrolled 370 students, including 45 doctoral , 215 master’s, and 110 bachelor students. The Gillings School of Global Public Health and the School of Medicine, located across the street from each other, are situated on the UNC main campus, facilitating cross-school and department collaboration.

Several Nutrition faculty are based at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI). The NRI building is located on the 350-acre North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC) in Kannapolis, just 30 minutes north of Charlotte. Eight universities have a research presence at the NCRC, all with a focus on nutrition-related research. The NRI building is equipped with advanced wet laboratories to meet the needs of bench scientists in their basic and applied research, clinical facilities for assessing, measuring, processing, and examining clinical study participants, and a variety of meeting areas and office spaces. Nutrition faculty are also affiliated with several other centers and institutes across UNC that foster multidisciplinary collaboration, including the Carolina Population Center, the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Additional information about the Department can be found at: http://www.sph.unc.edu/nutr/.

Additional information about the NRI can be found at
https://uncnri.org/about-us-2/

The Department of Nutrition in the Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) invites applications for an open-rank tenure-track position, commensurate with experience. The Department is recognized as a global leader in nutrition research and training. The breadth of our department’s research spans from cell to society and moves from discovery to intervention delivery and dissemination.

We are seeking applicants who will build an independent research program and participate in collaborative research that aligns with existing strengths in the department. We are especially interested in someone with expertise in nutritional epidemiology, particularly as it relates to areas of growing need, such as global nutrition; food and nutrition equity; food systems and policy; climate and the environment; novel approaches to the assessment of diet, nutritional status, and physical activity; biologic, behavioral, and/or social applications to precision nutrition; and data science. These are areas of research that are critical for the advancement of nutritional science and public health. Other responsibilities include teaching, research mentoring to undergraduate and graduate students, and participation in university and professional service.

Ideal candidates will have postdoctoral or faculty-level experience and a track record that supports the potential to establish a visible, impactful, and extramurally- funded research program.

A PhD or equivalent in nutrition, epidemiology, or relevant discipline is required.

Experience employing strategies to ensure access to resources and promote student success in a public university setting where students are diverse with respect to social background, economic resources, racial and ethnic identities, religious affiliations, and gender and sexual identification and preference. In addition, experience working in a setting where students may need learning accommodations related to physical abilities (e.g., mobility, sensory) or neurodivergence.

Not Applicable.