Career Center

The Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition is offering 2 postdoctoral positions for the current cycle – a two-year postdoctoral fellowship, and a two-year Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Position 1: CHLN is delighted to offer a two-year postdoctoral fellowship for the 2021-2023 cycle broadly focused on pediatric healthy lifestyles. Applicants will be accepted from the fields of Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, Public Health, Psychology, Physiology or related fields to work with our multidisciplinary team. This position is fully research, with hours toward licensure only available after specific negotiation when relevant. All applicants must have completed all requirements for their doctoral degree prior to beginning the fellowship. The positions’ start date is expected to begin in the summer/fall of 2022 but is negotiable, and salary will follow current NIH guidance.

Position 2: CHLN is delighted to offer the Kemper Diversity Child/Pediatric Postdoctoral Two-year Fellowship. The postdoctoral fellowship is specifically for individuals from diverse backgrounds as defined by the NIH (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-20- 031.html). Applicants will be accepted from the fields of Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, Public Health, Psychology, Physiology or related fields to work with our multidisciplinary team. This position is fully research, with hours toward clinical licensure only available after specific negotiation when relevant. All applicants must have completed all requirements for their doctoral degree prior to beginning the fellowship. The positions’ start date is expected to begin in the summer/fall of 2022 but is negotiable, and salary will follow current NIH guidance.

Our faculty study many facets of children’s healthy lifestyles and nutrition and related topics, and span from public health to clinical intervention to basic science (see www.chlnkc.org for more information). Candidates will select a senior faculty member (i.e., Jordan Carlson, Delwyn Catley, John Thyfault, Helena Laroche, Lauren Ptomey, Ann Davis) and will have the support of a 4-member scholarship oversight committee to ensure productivity and training related to the candidate’s individualized career goals. We are specifically seeking candidates who plan to pursue NIH funding, likely by submitting an F or K application during their fellowship. The Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition is a joint partnership between the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) and Children’s Mercy Hospital (CMH). Postdoctoral fellows will have the support of the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs at KUMC (http://www.kumc.edu/academic-and-student-affairs/opags/postdoctoralaffairs/prospective-postdocs.html), as well as support from the NIH funded University of Kansas Clinical and Translational Science Institute (http://www.kufrontiers.org/), and from the postdoctoral training program at Children’s Mercy Hospital.

HOW TO APPLY:

To apply, please submit the following documents to Ann Davis, PhD, MPH, ABPP at  adavis6@kumc.edu: 1) A letter of interest identifying the position of interest, your qualifications, specific research interests, the name(s) of your potential senior mentor, and goals for the postdoctoral training years (maximum one page).  2) Curriculum vitae; 3) Three letters of recommendation. Applications will be reviewed immediately upon receipt. Candidates will be accepted for one year of employment, with successful candidates invited to stay for the second year.