UAB School of Health Professions

Webb CHAIR in Nutrition Sciences
Schools of Health Professions and Medicine
Comprehensive Cancer Center

University of Alabama at Birmingham

The University of Alabama at Birmingham seeks applications and nominations to occupy a new endowed Webb Chair in the Department of Nutrition Sciences.  The successful candidate should be internationally recognized as a leader with demonstrated success in research in an aspect of nutrition relevant to cancer.  The content of research could encompass a broad range, e.g., obesity, body composition, metabolism, micronutrients, or other relevant areas, and its nature could range from basic to clinical, translational, behavioral, or population-based observational or intervention studies.  The candidate will be expected to provide inspired leadership to develop and implement a growing research program and to contribute to programmatic excellence in the Department of Nutrition Sciences and the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center.  The resources needed to accomplish this will be provided.  The Department of Nutrition Sciences (www.uab.edu/nutrition) currently has more than 20 full-time faculty members and more than 90 staff, students, and postdoctoral fellows involved in basic, animal, physiologic, clinical, and community-based research, service, and teaching programs.  The Department has a robust portfolio of extramural research funding and hosts 2 NIH-funded research centers.  The Comprehensive Cancer Center (www.ccc.uab.edu) has approximately $100 million dollars in extramural research funding, 9 major research programs, 15 shared facilities, and 3 SPORES.  UAB is a flourishing urban university and medical center with research funding exceeding $433 million.  This is a tenured or tenure-earning position with salary and rank commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications.  Nominations and applications should include a full curriculum vitae and the names and addresses of at least three references, and should be submitted electronically to:

Douglas C. Heimburger, M.D.

Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences

University of Alabama at Birmingham

1675 University Blvd., Webb 439

Birmingham, AL 35294-3360

Phone 205-934-7058

dheimbur@uab.edu