Description
Project specific requirements - Master’s degree in Nutrition and Health, Health Sciences, Medicine, or Biomedical Sciences - Team player with good organisational, communication and social skills - Excellent spoken and written English - Experience with nutritional intervention studies is an advantage
Research Fields
Medical sciences
Benefits
A labour contract with the university is offered. This contract will be in line with the Collective Labour Agreement of the VSNU, the organization of the universities in the Netherlands.
Benefits
None - None
Requirements
Required Education Level
| Degree | University Graduate |
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| Degree Field | Medical sciences |
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| Degree | Other |
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| Degree Field | Other |
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Required Research Experiences
| Main Research Field | Medical sciences |
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| Years of Research Experience | 1 |
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Required Languages
| Language | ENGLISH |
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| Language Level | Good |
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Sub-project description This part of the project focuses on the efficacy of nutritional interventions. It particularly aims to determine the impact of defined dietary intervention strategies to preserve muscle mass during energy intake restriction in overweight middle-aged and elderly men and women. The project entails controlled dietary intervention studies. Role description The PhD-student will first study the literature in view of the role of energy intake restriction in relation to muscle mass later in life. He/she will design the interventions building on the mechanistic studies which are taking place at Maastricht University Medical Center. He/she will work out the details of the Project Proposal and obtain medical ethical approval for the human intervention studies. He/she will be responsible for the organisation and conduct of the intervention studies. A research dietician will support the PhD-student’s work
Company/Institute
Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TI Food and Nutrition)
Application details
Application Deadline
01/04/2011
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