Research Positions - HRB Centre for Health & Diet Research

College of Medicine & Health

The new HRB Centre for Health and Diet Research is seeking to recruit three researchers to work on exciting projects within the Centre. The Centre is funded by the Health Research Board.  Two of the positions will be based in University College Cork (UCC), one will be based in Dublin. 

1)  A Senior Post-Doctoral Researcher is required for work on the Cork and Kerry Cohort Study cluster of the project.  This cluster will estimate the effects of specific dietary exposures and dietary patterns on prevalence, incidence and population trends in obesity, the metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and major CVD endpoints in linked cross-sectional and longitudinal studies involving representative samples of middle-aged men and women.  This post will suit a graduate of epidemiology and/or biostatistics and/or nutrition or a related cognate discipline.  This post is funded for four years.

2) A Post-Doctoral Researcher (or Masters with relevant experience) is required for work on the Cognitive Responses to Food cluster of the project.  This cluster will address consumer cognitive responses to food, with a focus on the socio-demographical, psychological, physiological and health status factors which drive consumer food choice. 

This post will suit a graduate of consumer behaviour and/or health promotion or a related cognate discipline.  This post is funded for four years.

3) A Masters Research Fellow is required to conduct an econometric analysis of the impact of economic change on food expenditure in Ireland and the attitudinal and behavioural determinants of food choice and health in Irish adults.  This Fellowship will be based in the Ashtown Food Research Centre, Teagasc, Ashtown, Dublin 15. This post will suit a graduate of economics or a cognate discipline.  This post is funded for two years.

The successful candidates will be: highly motivated and self-starting; able to work co-operatively within a research team; and demonstrate the ability to work to agreed outcomes and deadlines.

For informal enquiries and further information please contact:

Professor Ivan Perry, Professor of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork.  E-mail: epidemiology@ucc.ie  or

Dr Mary McCarthy, Senior Lecturer, Department of Food Business and Development, University College Cork.  E-mail: m.mccarthy@ucc.ie

Applicants should submit a full CV and the names of two referees to: Professor Ivan Perry, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork, Room 2.51, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, College Road, Cork. Email: epidemiology@ucc.ie  

Closing date for positions 1 & 2 - Friday 02^nd May 2008

Closing date for position 3 - Monday 16th June 2008

University College Cork is an Equal Opportunities Employer