Research Fellow in Nutrition and Lifestyle Analytics

Working time: 100% - we will consider job share and flexible working arrangements

Contract type: Fixed term (available immediately until 31^st August 2025)

Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have a PhD in data science, epidemiology, statistics or mathematics and domain expertise in healthy and sustainable diets? Do you want to further your career in one of the UK’s leading research intensive Universities?

The Nutrition and Lifestyle Analytics team are based in the interdisciplinary settings of the School of Food Science and Nutrition and the Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, working closely alongside the Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC).

A Research Fellow is required to work on a major project, funded by the UKRI, as part of the Transforming Food Systems Call. Our project “FIO-food, food insecurity in people living with obesity: improving sustainable and healthier food choices in the retail food environment”, is a collaboration with the University of Aberdeen, University of Liverpool, Leeds Beckett University, Robert Gordon University, and University College London. The Research Fellow will analyse customer sales/loyalty card data from a leading UK supermarket, in combination with the nutrition/health metrics, sustainability indicators, and demographic information from the Census.

This project is led from the School of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Leeds, but works closely with scholars from other disciplines. You will report to Professor Michelle Morris (Professor of Data Science for Food) who leads the Nutrition and Lifestyle Analytics team, and work closely with Professor Mark Gilthorpe (Professor of Statistical Epidemiology at Leeds Beckett University) and Dr Mark Green (Professor in Health Geography at the University of Liverpool).

Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route but first-time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions. For more information please visit: www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.

For research and academic posts, we will consider eligibility under the Global Talent visa. For more information please visit: www.gov.uk/global-talent

What we offer in return

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Professor Michelle Morris, Professor Data Science for Food

Email: m.morris@leeds.ac.uk

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