Vacancy for a public health nutritionist (PhD/ post doc) in the University of Zaragoza

The Research Group “Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development” (GENUD), from the
University of Zaragoza (Spain) is searching for a young PhD, with post-doctoral experience on Public Health Nutrition.

Offered
- Participation in the activities of a multidisciplinary Research Group (GENUD), with a long lasting experience in Public Health Nutrition in Children and adolescents, and currently involved in several EU, FP6 (HELENA, IDEFICS, EURRECA) and FP7(ENERGY, ToyBox), DG SANCO (EPODE European Network) and Spanish National Projects (AVENA, EVASYON).
- Contact with different research networks (COSPI, SAMID) and scientific societies
(ECOG, ECO, FENS, ESPGHAN).
- A 12 months contract, with the highest salary officially allocated for this position by the University of Zaragoza, including full Health Insurance coverage.
- Opportunities to use large data bases, with the possibility of publishing papers in high impact journals.
- Financial support for new training and participation in Scientific Meetings.

Expected
- A PhD on Public Health Nutrition with some post-doctoral experience and interest on
dietary intake assessment (at least three impact factor papers as first author are required).
- A person being able to work in a team and to lead young PhD and Master Students.
- A person being able to apply for research funding and create new research lines within the
group.
- A person being able to manage large data bases and to write high impact factor papers (good English skills and statistical and epidemiological training are required).

If you are interested
Please send, before October 30th, 2009, to the GENUD Project Manager, Pilar Meléndez
(pmelen@unizar.es), the following documents:
- CV in English, focusing on publications and participation in research projects.
- Letter of motivation to apply for this position.
- Two letters of recommendation from two senior researchers having a good knowledge of the candidate.