The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Location
Chapel Hill, NC | United States
Job description
Vacancy ID: NF0007753
Position Summary/Description:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Carolina Population Center seeks a full-time Research Associate to contribute to a large team evaluating several obesity prevention policies and programs in several countries. These studies will examine the impact of policies including nutrient warning labels, taxes, and marketing restrictions for sugar sweetened beverages and ultra-processed foods. The research projects will include a combination of studies evaluating the effect of policies using large-scale population-level datasets on food purchases, prices, dietary intake, and health, as well as randomized controlled experimental studies testing the impact of policies on consumer behavior. The Research Associate will work closely with our interdisciplinary Global Food Research Program ( Our research team also includes masters and doctoral students in public health, policy and mass communications, research assistants, programmers, project managers and many colleagues at UNC and across the globe.
The Research Associate will support a mixture of research based in the U.S. and globally. This position directly provides research, analytical and technical writing support on research protocols, papers, manuscripts and deliverables led by Drs. Shu Wen Ng, Lindsey Smith Taillie, and to a much lesser extent Dr. Barry Popkin, in collaboration with researchers from other institutions. The Research Associate's work will focus on working on data analysis around empirical evaluations of major food and nutrition programs or policies, model simulations around future policies, and experimental studies focused on elucidating mechanisms around consumer behavior change. Panels of household food purchase data, retail food sales, nutritional data and dietary surveys will be used, so experience with large and complex datasets is required. This Research Associate will need to have expertise in longitudinal and other advanced statistical methods, ability to develop and adapt statistical models, conduct diagnostics and management and manipulation of these data. Prior experience in contributing to peer-reviewed publications is necessary. The Research Associate will also need to be able to independently conduct analyses with input from the research team. In addition, the role will involve working and coordinating closely with our team of MPH /MS registered dietitians and programmers to understand data organization and if time allows, provide statistical consultation support to graduate students. The ability and willingness to work with a larger mix of people and work styles is critical. The work will have the potential for translational and policy impact within the U.S. and globally. This work will lead to a series of published papers in top health, nutrition, economics, social science, and policy journals, in addition to briefs and internal documentation on some key outcomes.Education and Experience:
Preferred qualifications, competencies, and experience include:
* Experience working on multiple projects at a time with possibly competing deadlines.
* Experience working with a diverse set of collaborators across different countries, cultures and time zones.
* Experience in nutrition and obesity prevention research preferred.
* Experience with data management and analysis in SAS
About The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carolina rates among the nation’s great institutions of higher education, set on an historic and beautiful campus that celebrates all four seasons. Carolina’s students, faculty and staff come here from around the world, bringing varied cultural, racial and ethnic heritages that help make UNC-Chapel Hill a thriving intellectual center. We’re repeatedly ranked the nation’s best value in higher education for students seeking to earn a college degree – the University has garnered the top spot each time since the ranking’s launch in 1998.Whether you’ve just started your career, are new to academia or are a seasoned professional with assorted campus experiences to draw on, we hope you will find a great place at Carolina.
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