"Department Chair - Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Texas at Austin"

Job Details

Department Chair - Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Texas at Austin

College/School/Unit: College of Natural Sciences

Department: School of Human Ecology - Nutritional Sciences

Posted: Oct 7, 2024

Apply By: Open until filled

Description

The Department of Nutritional Sciences in the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin invites applications for Department Chair. The successful applicant will be appointed at the Full Professor level and hold the David Bruton, Jr. Centennial Professorship in Nutrition. Applicants will be expected to have an internationally recognized research program and demonstrated leadership abilities in fostering transformational and collaborative science and consensus building among colleagues.

We are seeking to expand our strengths in interdisciplinary research, molecular nutrition, behavioral nutrition, clinical and community nutrition interventions, and nutrition and chronic disease prevention/management. Applicants should have a vision for continued growth for nutritional sciences within the Department and across other UT units. The Department values all aspects of the University mission, including research, teaching, service, and leadership, and applicants are encouraged to highlight throughout their application their relevant experiences and skillsets in supporting academic success of all students (e.g., their specific approaches for teaching, mentoring, research and/or scholarly work).

The University of Texas at Austin is consistently ranked among the country's top public universities and is one of the world's leading research institutions. The position provides the opportunity to work in a highly multidisciplinary environment, interacting with students, scientists, and clinicians. Faculty work with graduate students in Nutritional Sciences programs as well as the University-wide Interdisciplinary Lifesciences Graduate Program (https://ils.utexas.edu/).

Resources available within the Department of Nutritional Sciences include modern basic, clinical, and behavioral research space. Facilities within the Dell Pediatric Research Institute (https://dellmed.utexas.edu/units/dell-pediatric-research-institute) include resources for clinical testing, feeding studies, body composition, and nutritional assessment. Research is enhanced by state-of-the-art core facilities available through the Center for Biomedical Research Support (https://research.utexas.edu/cbrs/) including genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, spatial transcriptomics, bioinformatics, mouse genetic engineering, and imaging. Research requiring high performance computing, visualization, and big data analytics is possible through the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC; https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/).

The Department of Nutritional Sciences has strong relationships with many units within The UT Dell Medical School (https://dellmed.utexas.edu/research), including the Department of Pediatrics, the Department of Population Health (https://dellmed.utexas.edu/units/department-of-population-health), and the Livestrong Cancer Institute (https://dellmed.utexas.edu/units/livestrong-cancer-institutes).

Qualifications

PhD

Application Instructions

Interested candidates for the position should submit a letter of interest, a Curriculum Vitae, a research statement, a teaching statement, a service statement, and three letters of reference via Interfolio.

The review of applications will be ongoing, and applications will be considered until the position is filled. The Department will contact applicants of interest for the next stage of the process.

For further information about the position, please contact the Search Committee Chair, Dr. Jon Huibregtse (huibregtse@austin.utexas.edu).