The UC Davis Nutrition Department is recruiting for the following positions:
Academic Administrator and Adjunct Professor in Maternal and Child Nutrition
This position opening is for an individual to serve, as both, a part-time Academic Administrator (50%) and part-time Adjunct Professor (50%) position. Academic Administrator position serves as the director of the Master of Advanced Study in Maternal and Child Nutrition self-supporting degree program and provides intellectual leadership and management of program resources. Working with the Maternal and Child Nutrition graduate program chair, the program director provides leadership for all facets of the program and is responsible for the quality and consistency of the program including development, coordination, and oversight of the overall curriculum, classes, program planning, management of day-to-day operations including supervision of program staff, coordination of committees and meetings, student advising, oversight and direction of student capstone projects, budgeting and expenditures, management of external liaison and accreditation efforts, and communicating with the program chair. Adjunct Professor position involves predominately teaching as well as participation in research and scholarly activities within the designated expertise of Maternal and Child Nutrition. he Nutrition department will compensate the teaching portion of the appointment through the self-supporting Master of Advanced Study in Maternal and Child Nutrition program, while the research portion.
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Junior Specialist - Diet, Microbiome and Immunity (DMI) Unit
The position of Junior Specialist provides technical or specialized expertise in the planning and execution of a research project. The Junior Specialist stays apprised of the research area, and maintains technical competence in the designated area(s) of specialization. The Diet, Microbiome and Immunity (DMI) Unit, located at the Western Human Nutrition Research Center (WHNRC), and affiliated with the Department of Nutrition, invites applications for a qualified Junior Specialist in support of nutrition projects related to the effects of diet on the gut microbiome and immunity. This position will be involved in randomized controlled trials, part-time assisting lead study coordinators with participant activities and part-time processing participant specimens. Participant activities may include screening, recruitment, dietary data prompting and/or review, preparation for study visits, conducting study visits, managing participant specimen collection and/or drop-offs, and review of participant data for quality control. Lab-specific activities may include learning and following standard operating procedures to process participant specimens such as blood, urine, saliva, and/or stool. The Junior Specialist will be expected to participate in study-specific, DMI Unit, or WHNRC meetings and is actively and significantly engaged in research of the DMI Unit.
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Nutrition Department Teaching Assistant / Reader Applications 2026-27
The priority deadline will be announced after opening. Applications will continue to be reviewed on a space available basis if submitted after the priority deadline.
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