Back to search results

Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Dietary Public Health

University of Cambridge - MRC Epidemiology Unit

Location: Cambridge
Salary: £36,024 to £44,263 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 11th October 2024
Closes: 10th November 2024
Job Ref: SJ43573

Research Associate, THRIVING food futures: developing a typology of policy functions to support healthy, sustainable and equitable diets

The MRC Epidemiology Unit is seeking to appoint a Research Associate to work within the THRIVING Food Futures consortium. Based in the Unit's Population Health Intervention Programme, the primary role of this post is to develop and evidence a typology of policy functions to support healthy, sustainable and equitable diets.

THRIVING Food Futures is led by Prof Peter Scarborough at the University of Oxford with collaborators at City St George's University of London, Queen Mary University of London, the Universities of Cambridge, Strathclyde and Warwick, and Sustain. The consortium aims to design and evaluate citizen-facing interventions to support healthy, sustainable diets for everyone. It includes work streams that will: engage the community, develop tools and metrics, enhance our understanding of relevant policy, and develop and evaluate new interventions.

At the University of Cambridge, we are leading work on policy understanding and optimization. This will be conducted in collaboration with the whole consortium, but particularly with colleagues at City St George's University of London.

The successful applicant will lead development and testing of a typology of policy functions for healthy, sustainable and equitable diets. Policy functions are the specific mechanisms by which policies exert their actions. They will have a PhD in Population Health Sciences or another relevant subject, or be due to complete their doctoral studies within 3 months of applying. Applicants will have proven skills in systematic reviewing and complex evidence synthesis, have clear interest in public health approaches to supporting healthy diets and strong knowledge of the role of policy in supporting population health.

Alongside a competitive salary, University staff are eligible for a comprehensive package of benefits and services include discounts on shopping, health care, financial services and public transport. We also offer defined benefits pension schemes and tax-efficient bicycle, car lease and charity-giving schemes.

The MRC Epidemiology Unit is a department within the University of Cambridge's School of Clinical Medicine and is situated within the Institute of Metabolic Science on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Its mission is to study the genetic, developmental and environmental factors that cause obesity, diabetes and related metabolic disorders and develop strategies for their prevention. The Unit benefits from a number of large-scale, cross programme epidemiological studies with detailed datasets allowing a wide range of research from genetics to public health. Highly experienced information teams and other specialist teams support the scientists in the delivery of their research aims.

The role can be performed entirely on-site at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge, off-site or as a hybrid position. Whilst we expect you to travel to Consortium meetings held around the UK, there is no expectation of a minimum number of days per week in the office.

Please contact Jean Adams (jma79@medschl.cam.ac.uk) for informal enquiries.

We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements.

Please ensure that you upload a cover letter and CV in the Upload section of the online application. The cover letter should outline how you match the criteria for the post and why you are applying for this role. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.

We value your feedback on the quality of our adverts. If you have a comment to make about the overall quality of this advert, or its categorisation then please send us your feedback
Advert information

Type / Role:

Subject Area(s):

Location(s):

Job tools
 

PhD Alert Created

Job Alert Created

Your PhD alert has been successfully created for this search.

Your job alert has been successfully created for this search.

Ok Ok

PhD Alert Created

Job Alert Created

Your PhD alert has been successfully created for this search.

Your job alert has been successfully created for this search.

Manage your job alerts Manage your job alerts

Account Verification Missing

In order to create multiple job alerts, you must first verify your email address to complete your account creation

Request verification email Request verification email

jobs.ac.uk Account Required

In order to create multiple alerts, you must create a jobs.ac.uk jobseeker account

Create Account Create Account

Alert Creation Failed

Unfortunately, your account is currently blocked. Please login to unblock your account.

Email Address Blocked

We received a delivery failure message when attempting to send you an email and therefore your email address has been blocked. You will not receive job alerts until your email address is unblocked. To do so, please choose from one of the two options below.

Max Alerts Reached

A maximum of 5 Job Alerts can be created against your account. Please remove an existing alert in order to create this new Job Alert

Manage your job alerts Manage your job alerts

Creation Failed

Unfortunately, your alert was not created at this time. Please try again.

Ok Ok

Create PhD Alert

Create Job Alert

When you create this PhD alert we will email you a selection of PhDs matching your criteria.When you create this job alert we will email you a selection of jobs matching your criteria. Our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy apply to this service. Any personal data you provide in setting up this alert is processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice

Create PhD Alert

Create Job Alert

When you create this PhD alert we will email you a selection of PhDs matching your criteria.When you create this job alert we will email you a selection of jobs matching your criteria. Our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy apply to this service. Any personal data you provide in setting up this alert is processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice

 
 
More jobs from University of Cambridge

Show all jobs for this employer …

More jobs like this
Join in and follow us

Browser Upgrade Recommended

jobs.ac.uk has been optimised for the latest browsers.

For the best user experience, we recommend viewing jobs.ac.uk on one of the following:

Google Chrome Firefox Microsoft Edge