Research Assistant in Nutritional Sciences

King’s College London is looking to recruit two Research Assistants in Nutritional Sciences to join their team and run a state-of-the-art large clinical trial that investigates the impact of plant foods on gut and cardiometabolic health. The post holder will be involved in setting up, coordinating and conducting a large trial on a dietary intervention. The project will involve the preparation and provision of foods and meals to healthy participants, and the collection of clinical outcomes related to gut and cardiometabolic health.

The post holder will assist in the day to day running of the project, including (but not necessarily limited to) preparation/sourcing of the dietary intervention products, coordination of meal deliveries, liaising with service providers, recruitment of study participants, delivery of the dietary intervention, maintaining study documentation, coordinating subject correspondence, conducting study visits, ensuring measurements of primary and secondary outcomes are conducted according to standard operating protocols, collecting and processing biological samples, acquiring relevant regulatory approvals, and assisting with data entry and analysis. The post-holder will be based within the department of Nutritional Sciences in the School of Life Course and Population Sciences (Waterloo campus) and will report to Dr Eirini Dimidi.