Overview
The Research Communications Specialist will work primarily on research translation and communications, creating resources and materials for research dissemination to a range of audiences that includes scholars, advocates, and policymakers worldwide. This position requires strong writing skills and experience finding and interpreting scientific literature, as well as familiarity with nutrition-related policies. (We would love to find someone with graphic design skills, as well, but they are not required.) They will work primarily with the communications manager and another research communications specialist on these tasks but will also regularly collaborate with our amazing team of research associates, students, and faculty. Apply here.
About Global Food Research Program at UNC-Chapel Hill
The Global Food Research Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a project of the Carolina Population Center. Our team collaborates with diverse partners around the world to carefully evaluate food and nutrition policies and to develop in-depth, longitudinal research on large-scale obesity prevention efforts.
Our mission is to provide the academic community, policymakers, and industry with rigorous and innovative methods to measure the influence of industry (factory-to-fork dynamics) on food supply trends across the globe. Ultimately, our work is aimed at reducing diet-related disparities in health and preventing obesity and other diet-related diseases by contributing to the creation of a more healthful food system and food environment.
Read more about our program here.
