Vacancy- Nutrition Manager,Haiti Emergency Response

World Vision is urgently seeking an emergency nutritionist for their response in Haiti.
Overview : The purpose of this position is to provide technical leadership and management to nutrition programming within WVs emergency response (short and medium term). This position will work in close collaboration with Health, Food, Water/Sanitation/Hygiene sectors and will report to the Health & Nutrition Manager.
Closing Date: February 28, 2010
Location: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Duration: 1 year
Key Responsibilities
-Establish nutrition surveillance system in WV operational areas
-Conduct nutrition assessments
-Program design – integrate nutrition with health, food and WASH activities
-Develop monitoring and evaluation systems for nutrition activities
- Establish and manage nutrition interventions including, ‘Baby Friendly Areas’ to provide infant feeding support to women with young children, Community-based management of acute malnutrition
-Capacity building – provide training for staff on key nutrition issues (infant and young child feeding, nutrition assessment).
-Develop resources for community level nutrition training
-Represent WVs nutrition programs to local partners – nutrition cluster, Ministry of Health, other NGOs
-Prepare monthly reports on program activities
-Liaise with WV partnership entities - Nutrition Centre of Expertise, Support Offices
Qualifications
-Master’s degree in nutrition, with a minimum of 3 year’s relevant work experience, or a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5 year’s relevant work experience
-Strong nutrition technical skills and experience in implementing nutrition programs in the emergency context
-Experience with infant and young child feeding and Community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) programming
-Strong organizational skills
-ability to relate to and motivate local staff effectively
-Good communication skills
-Knowledge of French is desirable
As a child focused organization, World Vision is committed to the protection of children and does not employ staff whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.
Contact: Irene Kiiza Kayaoke, Nutritionist Advisor, World Vision at irene_kiiza@wvi.org

Upcoming Conferences - 2010

Here is a list of conferences lined up for the year 2010
4th Asia Pacific Nutrigenomics conference
“Genes, Diet and Gut Health”
February 21-26, Auckland, New Zealand
http://www.nutrigenomics.org.nz/index/page/220
Contact: john.walker@auckland.ac.nz

Joint Conference - 50th Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention-and- Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism
March 2-6, San Francisco, California, USA
E-mail: scientificconferences@heart.org

Food Safety Education Conference
“Advancements in Food Safety Education: Trends, Tools and Technologies”
March 23-26, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
www.fsis.usda.gov/Atlanta2010

Open Healthgrain Conference 2010
Theme: "Enhancing health benefits of cereal foods - results, perspectives and challenges"
5-7 May 2010, Lund, Sweden
http://lund2010.healthgrain.org/home

3rd World Congress on Controversies to Consensus in Diabetes, Obesity and Hypertension
May 13-16, Prague, Czech Republic
http://www.codhy.com/

The First International Vitamin Conference
May 19-21, Copenhagen, Denmark
http://www.vitamin2010.dk/

78th European Atherosclerosis Society Congress
June 20-23, Hamburg, Germany

4th Scandinavian Pediatric Obesity Conference
July 9-10, Stockholm, Sweden
http://www.childhoodobesity.info/

XI International Congress on Obesity (ICO 2010)
July 11 - 15, Stockholm, Sweden
URL: http://www.ico2010.org/

XV International Congress of Clinical Nutrition
September 19-22, Sokhna Resort, Egypt
Contact: egcairouw@yahoo.com

Second World Congress of Public Health Nutrition
Moving towards a healthy & sustainable nutrition for all
23 to 25 September, Porto, Portugal
https://www.skyros-congressos.com/ni_congressos.asp?id=311 and
http://www.wphna.org/
Contact: mailto:%20nutrition2010@skyros-congressos.com

4th Africa Nutritional Epidemiology Conference
Nutrition and Food Secuity: Successes and Challenges.
October 4-8, Nairobi, Kenya.
http://www.anec4.or.ke/

American Dietetic Association Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo
November 6 – 9, Boston, USA
http://www.eatright.org/

14th Asia Oceania Congress of Endocrinology
December 2-5, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
http://www.aoce2010.com/

Y Public Health Nutrition's New Blogger/ News Editor

I know this introduction is coming in a bit late, but nevertheless I just wanted to say "Hi!"
I am Sangeetha. I am the new blogger or news editor at http://yphnutrition.blogspot.com/. I have a Masters in Food and Nutrition from Women’s Christian College, affiliated to the University of Madras, India. I currently reside with my family at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where I am a PhD student in Nutrition at the International Medical University. I have also lived in Indonesia for over a decade before we moved in to KL. I have enjoyed and continue to enjoy the unique character of each of these countries, their colour, culture and lifestyle.

I intend to post information regarding grants, vacancies and conferences, research updates, opinion articles and other issues pertaining to Public Health Nutrition and related fields. If you do have such information, and you want to share it with all our readers please write to me at the email address given below.

Each month we also hope to take up a theme of interest for discussion in this blog. YPHNN welcomes and looks forward to emails from all YPHNN members. We would love to hear your comments and suggestions on themes/subjects that you think should be discussed in this blog.
You can reach me at sangeetha.yphn@gmail.com
Regards,
Sangeetha

Fellowship Position at UNC

The American Institute for Cancer Research announces that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is now accepting applications for an AICR-funded two-year research track position in the Department of Nutrition.
The Marilyn Gentry Fellowship in Nutrition and Cancer is designed to support individuals who have completed their doctoral work. Fellows receive further training to enrich and accelerate a research career in the field of diet and cancer. The successful candidate will be appointed as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition and will receive two years of organized mentoring in the specific skills necessary to succeed as an academic scientist.
The 2010-2012 Fellowship will support a scientist in the area of epidemiology who studies an aspect of energy balance and cancer prevention, treatment, or survivorship. He or she will be under the mentorship of AICR Distinguished Professor, Dr. June Stevens, as well as other faculty at UNC Chapel Hill and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. The American Institute for Cancer Research proudly announces that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is now accepting applications for an AICR-funded two-year research track position in the Department of Nutrition.
The Marilyn Gentry Fellowship in Nutrition and Cancer is designed to support individuals who have completed their doctoral work. Fellows receive further training to enrich and accelerate a research career in the field of diet and cancer. The successful candidate will be appointed as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition and will receive two years of organized mentoring in the specific skills necessary to succeed as an academic scientist.
The 2010-2012 Fellowship will support a scientist in the area of epidemiology who studies an aspect of energy balance and cancer prevention, treatment, or survivorship. He or she will be under the mentorship of AICR Distinguished Professor, Dr. June Stevens, as well as other faculty at UNC Chapel Hill and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Special Instructions:
To apply, use the electronic submission website at http://jobs.unc.edu/1002241. Submit the following materials electronically: curriculum vitae, statement of interest/qualifications, scores from GRE or similar standardized test taken within the past 10 years, and a list of three references with contact information. Position is open until filled.

Contact:
If you experience any problems accessing the system or have questions about the application process, please contact the University's Equal Employment Opportunity Office at (919) 966-3576 or send an email to equalopportunity@unc.edu.

If you have any questions about the job requirements or the hiring department, please contact Janet Scearce, Human Resources Facilitator, 919-966-5527, jscearce@email.unc.edu.
For more information visit this link

Research Communication- Longitudinal and secular trends in adolescent whole-grain consumption, 1999–2004

Study Authors: Teri L Burgess-Champoux, Nicole I Larson, Dianne R Neumark-Sztainer, Peter J Hannan and Mary T Story
Objectives of the Study: This study aimed to examine demographic disparities and 5-y longitudinal and secular trends (1999–2004) in whole-grain intake among 2 cohorts of Minnesota adolescents.
Results: In 1999, 11% of adolescent males and 13% of adolescent females reported that they consumed more than one daily serving of whole grains. Whole-grain intake was lowest among youth of the Native American and white races and among youth of high socioeconomic status. During the transition from middle to late adolescence, whole-grain intake increased by a mean of 0.14 daily servings among adolescent males and 0.09 daily servings among adolescent females. No significant changes in whole-grain intake were shown among either sex during the transition from early to middle adolescence. Yeast breads, popcorn, and ready-to-eat breakfast cereals were major sources of whole grains in 1999 and 2004.
Conclusion: Findings suggest the need to advance efforts that target improvements in the amount of whole-grain foods selected by adolescents.
Study Published in: Am J Clin Nutr 91: 154-159, 2010.
Link URL : http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/short/91/1/154?rss=1