Research Nutrition Technician (The Institute for Clinical and Translational Research)
Core
Conduct nutritional screening, anthropometric measurements, moderate meal preparation, and health coaching for pediatric, adult, and outpatient research participants.
Role type
Research Nutrition Technician
Builds
Research diets and meal plans for clinical studies
Domain
Clinical research / Nutrition
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Nutritional screening, anthropometric measurements, moderate cooking, menu development, data entry, health coaching, literature search
Preferred skills
Health Coach certification, Bachelor's in Nutrition or Dietetics
Technologies
Nutrition research tools, databases
Responsibilities
Perform nutritional screening and basic assessments including anthropometric measurements and body composition calculations; Prepare research meals and calculate allergy doses; Develop and review menus for research studies; Conduct food questionnaire interviews with patients; Collect and enter nutrition data into databases; Conduct health coaching visits; Perform literature searches to support research studies.