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Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships

New York Obesity Research Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University, New York

New York, NY

(posted 6/29/2009)

Post-doctoral fellowship positions are available at the National Institutes of Health- funded Obesity Research Center at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University. U.S. residency or citizenship is required. Applicant must have received a Ph.D., an M.D., or a comparable doctoral degree from an accredited domestic or foreign institution. Center investigators include molecular biologists, nutritionists, physicians, physiologists, psychologists, and statisticians. Areas of interest include body composition in newborns, growth and aging, physical activity and energy expenditure, fat cell and energy metabolism, regional adiposity/lipodystrophy, appetite and body weight regulation, human eating behaviors and disorders, molecular genetics, and the relation of obesity to insulin resistance and disease. An interdisciplinary approach is encouraged. The goal of this fellowship program is to train scientists to be independent researches in obesity and related areas. Faculty is listed at: http://www.nyorc.org.

Full-Time.

Salary is commensurate with experience according to NIH stipend levels with a modest supplement, and positions are for two years.

For more information contact:

Dympna Gallagher
New York Obesity Research Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital
1111 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, New York 10025
(Ph) 212-523-4196
(F) 212-523-3416
dg108@columbia.edu

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