We are looking to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Associate with a PhD in Nutrition. The post will offer leadership on a state-of-the-art large clinical trial that investigates the effect of a diet high in diversity of plant foods on gut and cardiometabolic health. This will be a feeding RCT in healthy participants and will include clinical (e.g. gut symptoms) and mechanistic outcomes (gut microbiome, metabolomics) in healthy adults.

It is a rare and incredibly exciting opportunity to work across the research spectrum at a centre of excellence for diet and health research. Furthermore, through this post, the successful individual will be able to establish themselves as a leader in human nutrition intervention studies that have the potential to inform public health policies. There will be extensive opportunity for publications and developing independence and new skills in research, including supporting the postholder to apply for research grants.

The post holder will lead on the project on a day-to-day basis with a key role including involvement in, and leadership of, developing the study protocol, obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals, recruiting study participants, delivering the dietary intervention, maintaining study documentation, co-ordinating subject correspondence and conducting study visits, processing and analysing laboratory samples, and ensuring measurements of primary and secondary outcomes are conducted according to standard operating protocols. They will also be involved in data analysis and dissemination, including manuscript preparation, and co-ordination of correspondence with funders.