Postdoctoral Fellowships in Nutrition

The Postdoctoral Training Program: Training Grant in Academic Nutrition

The Training Grant in Academic Nutrition brings together the intellectual and physical resources of the Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, fostering close interactions between trainees and faculty, including 31 preceptors. The Principal Investigator, Dr. Frank Hu, and Co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Christopher Duggan, have established strong and vigorous pre- and postdoctoral programs. The Training Program has successfully recruited an outstanding cadre of applicants including ScDs, PhDs, and  MDs who demonstrate intellectual promise and dedicated commitment to nutritional science research. Our program provides training in four key areas: Precision Nutrition (Genomics/Metabolomics/Microbiome), Human/Clinical/Global Nutrition, Nutritional Epidemiology, and Public Health Nutrition. Our overall goal is to incorporate concepts, approaches, and scientific tools from both basic and applied science so that trainees are able to transcend conventional specialty boundaries. We have created a highly integrated program to fulfill the training needs for nutritional scientists in the 21st century.  This Training Program is designed for graduates of doctoral programs as well as physicians. All trainees participate in demanding “hands-on” preceptor-guided nutritional science research guided by scientists who are at the “cutting edge” of their fields. Graduates of this program have established a strong record of publication and success in obtaining grants.

Eligibility: U.S. citizens, non-citizen U.S. nationals, or those lawfully admitted for permanent residence. Individuals who have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence must have a currently valid Permanent Resident Card (USCIS Form I-551) or other legal verification of such status.

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