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Associate Director for Precision Nutrition and Texas A&M AgriLife Research Professor
The Texas A&M AgriLife Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture, IHA, invites applications for the Associate Director for Precision Nutrition. This leadership position will drive innovation at the intersection of Precision Nutrition, Healthy Living and Responsive Agriculture, advancing IHA’s mission to integrate biological discovery, translational science and real-world impact.
The Associate Director will provide strategic, scientific and programmatic leadership for Precision Nutrition initiatives, fostering interdisciplinary collaborations in areas such as dietary exposures, metabolism, exercise, genomics, epigenetics, microbiome and immune function to optimize health outcomes across diverse populations and different life stages.
Postdoctoral Research Associate – Chronic Disease, Plant Genetics, Biofortification
We are seeking highly motivated postdoctoral fellows to join our dynamic team with broad focus areas in prevention of diet-related chronic diseases, plant genetics & biofortification and mechanistic studies in nutrition-health associations. The candidates will collaborate with USDA-ARS scientists at the Responsive Agricultural Food Systems Research Unit (RAFSRU) co-housed at the Texas A&M AgriLife, IHA. Our research environment is guided by collaboration, mentorship, and a supportive culture that encourages personal and professional growth.
Postdoctoral Research Associate – Hungry Minds project
The Postdoctoral Research Associate scientifically supports and manages “Hungry Minds: Neurophysiological Studies of Nutritional Quality and Cognitive Resources,” a collaboration between Texas A&M AgriLife Research and USDA-ARS. The project conducts a randomized controlled trial to examine the effect of dietary intake on cognitive performance, emotion regulation, and behavioral economics outcomes. The project integrates behavioral economics and neurophysiological measures, including EEG and eye tracking, with dietary, anthropometric, biochemical, and clinical assessments.
Postdoctoral Research Associate – Precision Proteomic Biomarker Discovery
We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow interested in precision proteomic biomarker discovery in the context of nutrition-sensitive chronic diseases. The position develops projects leveraging multiomics and Olink proteomics to examine the impacts of diet, obesity, nutrition and lifestyle interventions on the development of chronic metabolic diseases across the life-course. The candidate will develop collaborative projects with ARS scientists and members of the Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture.
Postdoctoral Research Associate – Metabolic Disease, Novel Food Systems, Genome Regulation, Biomarker Discovery
The Postdoctoral Research Associate collaborates on and lead high-impact research projects at the intersection of metabolic disease, novel food systems, genome regulation, and biomarker discovery in nutrition-sensitive chronic diseases. Responsibilities include the design and execution of animal feeding studies utilizing polyphenol-enriched plant systems, as well as the biochemical, molecular, and phytochemical analysis of serum samples collected from animals fed polyphenol-rich diets.
Postdoctoral Research Associate – Chronic Disease, Plant Genetics, Biofortification
We are seeking highly motivated postdoctoral fellows to join our dynamic team with broad focus areas in prevention of diet-related chronic diseases, plant genetics & biofortification and mechanistic studies in nutrition-health associations. The candidates will collaborate with USDA-ARS scientists at the Responsive Agricultural Food Systems Research Unit (RAFSRU) co-housed at the Texas A&M AgriLife, IHA. Our research environment is guided by collaboration, mentorship, and a supportive culture that encourages personal and professional growth.
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