NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship: Human Metabolism

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A postdoctoral fellowship is available at the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) located in Bethesda, Maryland. The successful candidate will conduct experiments at the new state-of-the-art NIH Metabolic Clinical Research Unit to study whole-body macronutrient metabolism and the regulation of body weight and composition. Functional neuroimaging facilities are also available. Specific projects include, but are not limited to:

1. Adaptations of energy metabolism and the neural bases of food perception during over- and under-feeding

2. Macronutrient balances responsible for body composition changes during weight gain and loss

3. Metabolic and neural effects of varying dietary macronutrient composition

4. Effects of dietary protein and exercise on body composition and energy metabolism

These projects will be conducted as part of a unique interdisciplinary research team that includes a computational modeling approach to design, predict, and analyze experiments on whole-body human metabolism and quantitatively integrate these data to better understand the system as a whole.

Applicants should possess an M.D. or a Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry, Physiology, Nutrition, or a related field. The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of whole-body macronutrient metabolism and experience conducting human metabolism experiments involving methods such as indirect calorimetry, body composition assessment, biomedical imaging, and isotopic tracer methods for measuring whole-body fluxes. Salary will be commensurate with experience according to NIH guidelines.

Please send your CV and a list of 3 references to:

Kevin Hall, Ph. D.
Laboratory of Biological Modeling
National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health
12A South Drive, Room 4007
Bethesda, MD 20892-5621

kevinh@niddk.nih.gov

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NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship: Human Metabolism