Tufts University offers a two-to-three year NIH-funded postdoctoral fellowship program in Human Nutrition and Metabolism. This program is designed to provide medical, dental, veterinary or other graduate level health professionals, as well as selected Ph.D.s, with postdoctoral training in nutritional science. Approximately twenty percent of the trainee's experience is devoted to nutrition-related clinical activities; the remainder is spent pursuing a research program. Research opportunities range widely from evidence-based medicine to basic molecular mechanisms. Fellows also have the option of obtaining a Ph.D. from the School of Nutrition or a M.A. in Clinical Research at Tufts University during the course of their training, the tuition for which are paid entirely by the program. The express purpose of this program is to produce the outstanding clinical nutrition scientists of tomorrow.

For further information contact Joel Mason, M.D., fellowship director, at joel.mason@tufts.edu  

Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply; U.S. citizenship or permanent residency status is required.

Fellowship Director:
Joel B. Mason, MD

USDA Human Nutrition Research Center at Tufts University

711 Washington Street

Boston, MA 02111

Phone: 617-556-3194

Fax: 617-556-3234

Email: joel.mason@tufts.edu 

Specialty: Internal Medicine

Subspecialty: Nutrition, Gastroenterology

Primary Focus: Adults

# of Positions: 1st Yr: 1; 2nd Yr: 2; 3rd Yr: 1

Duration: 36 months

Eligibility Requirements: U.S. citizen or permanent resident; graduate level degree; graduate level or select PhD

 

Recruiting for 2009?: all 4 slots already filled for 2009

# Fellows being recruited for 2009: all slots already filled

Positions obtained by fellows in last 10 years
Academic: 13
Private: 1
Industry:
Other (Specify): 1

Certification exams taken by fellows
ABPNS: 3
ASPEN:
ACN:
Other (specify):

Background of fellows before entering program
Internal Medicine or Pediatrics: 6
Family Medicine:
GE (adult/peds):
Endocrinology: 1
Nephrology: 1
Cardiology: 1
Critical Care Medicine:
Preventive Medicine:
Other (specify): 2 (veterinary medicine); 1 (ophthalmology)

Faculty 

# Directors: 1

Director Fellowship Trained?: Yes

Director time (%): 95

Additional Faculty?: 5

Time (%) : 80

Other Faculty (#): 15

Time (%):

Fellow Funding Source (%):

Extramural: 100 (NIH T32)

Hospital:

Practice:

Department:

Other:

Fellow Time Allocation (%)
Yr 1
Didactic: 10
Clinical: 30
Research: 60
Teaching:
Yr 2
Didactic: 10
Clinical: 10
Research: 80
Teaching:
Yr 3
Didactic: 10
Clinical: 10
Research: 80
Teaching:

% Program Content Taught Through:
Self:
Supervised Clinical: 10
Lecture/Academic: 10
Lecture/Non-academic:
Clinical Conference: 10
Research Seminar: 10
Journal: 10
Other: 50 (research training by mentor)

Courses
Biochemistry: 1
Clinical Nutrition: 2
Biostatistics: 1
Other:many others available

% Fellowship Devoted to Nutrition: 80-100%

% Fellowship Devoted to Nutrition Support: 10-20%

 

# of Educational Conferences per Month:

Clinical: 1

Clinical Nutrition: 1

Fellows expected: 1

Basic: 4

Basic Nutrition: 4

Fellows expected: 4

Journal: 2

Journal Nutrition: 2

Fellows expected: 2

Research:

Research Nutrition:
Fellows expected:

Lab:

Lab Nutrition:

Fellows expected: