Research Nutrition Technician
Company: Tufts University
Location: Boston
Posted on: April 20, 2024
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Job Description:
Overview
The mission of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center
on Aging at Tufts University (HNRCA) is to promote healthy aging
through nutrition science to empower people seeking to enjoy long,
active, and independent lives. HNRCA investigators conduct the
world's most advanced studies on nutrition and aging. The research
focuses on determining the nutrient and physical activity
requirements necessary to promote well-being for older adults.
HNRCA scientists examine how nutrition and physical activity play a
major role in the prevention of the major chronic degenerative
conditions and diseases associated with aging. The HNRCA's human
studies unit, the Metabolic Research Unit (MRU), is a scientific
core that supports and facilitates the clinical aspects of data and
biological sample collection from volunteer human subjects. Unit
staff provide nursing, dietary, participant engagement, and study
management services, as well as expertise and services in dietary
data collection methods, coding, data cleaning and management, and
dietary data analysis. All human research studies carried out in
the MRU are reviewed and approved by the Tufts Medical Campus
Institutional Review Board (IRB).
What You'll Do
The Research Nutrition Technician will work within the metabolic
research kitchen in the MRU under the supervision of the Research
Dietitian. The Technician will be involved in multiple research
protocols that involve the metabolic research kitchen and will work
directly to serve research study participants their meals. This
position requires work in the evenings and/or weekends as
determined by study protocol needs.Responsibilities include:
What We're Looking For
Basic Requirements:
Pay Range
Minimum $19.80, Midpoint $23.55, Maximum $27.30
Salary is based on related experience, expertise, and internal
equity; generally, new hires can expect pay between the minimum and
midpoint of the range.
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