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The McCance Center Brain Nutrition Laboratory is hiring a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Brain Nutrition to leverage existing datasets and identify modifiable risk factors for intervention studies in people at risk for dementia. Responsibilities include analyzing datasets with blood, CSF, neuroimaging biomarkers, and post-mortem human brain tissue; conducting longitudinal statistical analyses of brain health, disease incidence, nutrition, and neurology measures; drafting technical reports for peer-reviewed publication; and developing grant proposals. Candidates must have a doctoral degree such as a PhD, MD, ND, ScD, or equivalent in nutritional epidemiology, molecular epidemiology, medicine, nutritional biochemistry, biology, or a related area, with experience in human investigations. Clinical research experience in aging and Alzheimer's disease, independent statistical analysis of longitudinal biomarker studies, and early publication or funding success are relevant qualifications.