Re-storage Postdoc of Children’s nutrition

Are you a strong researcher and project manager within interventions to promote children’s nutrition and health?

We are looking for a structured, ambitious and talented postdoc to be part of the section Lifecourse Nutrition and Health. The position is a 3-year position and open from 1st October 2022, or as soon as possible thereafter.

The candidate will play an important role as project manager and team coordinator of research activities in two large work packages (WPs): “WP2 Diet & Nutrition” and “WP6 Biomedical Measurements” within the new, large partnership project Generation Healthy Kids. In this project, we will develop, test and measure the effects of a 2-year multi-setting, multi-component community-based intervention in a cluster-randomized design among 2500 children aged 6-11 years (2023-2025), as well as conduct a pilot study in early 2023. The overall aim is to promote healthy weight, health behaviours and wellbeing among children. Apart from food and nutrition in WP2, which includes a school food programme etc., the intervention is focused on physical activity, sleep, digital habits, and social inclusion. Measurements include children’s dietary intake and nutrient status, body composition, cardiometabolic health, physical activity and fitness, cognitive function and wellbeing.

Generation Healthy Kids runs from 2022-2026 and is funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. It includes co-creation with multiple stakeholders and cross-disciplinary collaboration with schools, parents and many others. The position also involves collaboration across WPs with teams of both experienced and younger researchers from Department of Sports Science & Clinical Biomechanics and National Institute of Public Health at University of Southern Denmark as well as Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Frederiksberg Hospital. Read more about the project here: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=generation+sunde+b%C3%B8rn

The postdoc’s duties will include research and project management within children’s nutrition and health as well as teaching. The position may also include performance of other duties.

The candidate must hold a PhD degree in nutrition or another highly relevant field. In order to work with young school children, parents and school staff in Denmark, as well as questionnaires in Danish, the candidate must also have excellent oral and written Danish skills, in addition to excellent oral and written English skills.

Experience with randomized trials, biomedical and nutritional measurements, work with children as well as project management, is a strong advantage.

The Post doc will be part of the research section Lifecourse Nutrition and Health. The section investigates the role of diet and nutrition in foetal life, infancy, childhood, adolescence and adulthood in relation to healthy growth, optimal nutritional status, cognitive development and prevention of undernutrition, obesity and non-communicable diseases.

Read more here: https://nexs.ku.dk/english/research/lifecourse-nutrition-and-health/

Further information on the Department is linked at https://www.science.ku.dk/english/about-the-faculty/organisation/ . Inquiries about the position can be made to Associate Professor, leader of WP2 and WP6, Camilla T. Damsgaard, email: [email protected]

The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.

Terms of employment

The position is covered by the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff.

Terms of appointment and payment accord to the agreement between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State.

Negotiation for salary supplement is possible.

The application, in English, must be submitted electronically by clicking APPLY NOW below.

Please include

• Motivation
• Curriculum vitae
• Diplomas (Master and PhD degree or equivalent)
• Research plan – description of current research and future research plans in relation to the position
• Complete publication list
• Separate reprints of 3 particularly relevant papers

The deadline for applications is Sunday 21st of August 2022, 23:59 GMT +2.

After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Interview Committee.

You can read about the recruitment process athttps://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/ .

Interviews are expected to be held in week 37 (September 2022)

Part of the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU), and among Europe’s top-ranking universities, the University of Copenhagen promotes research and teaching of the highest international standard. Rich in tradition and modern in outlook, the University gives students and staff the opportunity to cultivate their talent in an ambitious and informal environment. An effective organisation – with good working conditions and a collaborative work culture – creates the ideal framework for a successful academic career.