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CSIRO Preventative Health Flagship (Adelaide, Sydney or Melbourne) - Research Scientist - Nutritional Epidemiology – deadline March 14

Make an impact! Influence the future health and wellbeing of Australians. Be part of one of the world's leading scientific research organisations.
The Position: We require a mid-career research scientist with experience in the field of nutritional epidemiology to provide critical expertise to our health and sensory science capability, and to complement the clinical and translational science activities in CSIRO's Preventative Health Flagship. In this role you will be required to:
• Provide scientific and professional leadership in nutritional epidemiology;
• Demonstrate a commitment to research excellence;
• And provide nutritional epidemiology expertise and skills to projects, guiding and enhancing their application to public health outcomes.
Location: Adelaide, Sydney or Melbourne
Tenure: Permanent, full-time
Salary Range: $83K - $112K plus up to 15.4% Superannuation
Reference No: 2009/904

Who we are
CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation is one of the largest and most diverse scientific organisations in the world. By igniting the creative spirit of our people, we deliver great science and innovative solutions that benefit industry, society and the environment.
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The Preventative Health Flagship is a multidisciplinary based activity focused on improving the health and wellbeing of Australians through research into prevention and early detection of common chronic diseases. For more information visit: Preventative Health Flagship.

CSIRO prefers all applications to be lodged via our online careers portal. Go to
https://recruitment.csiro.au/asp/Job_Details.asp?RefNo=2009%2F904
Email/late applications may not be accepted.

Applications close 14 Mar 2010

Editor wanted for Salt Skip News

Please direct enquiries - and expressions of interest in taking on this role - to Dr Jennifer Keogh (the current editor) at jennifer.keogh@internode.on.net

Salt Skip News, published 6 times a year, is a newsletter for people interested in reducing their salt intake to manage their blood pressure. It goes to members of the Qld hypertension association, and is available to a much wider audience at the Salt Matters site
(http://www.saltmatters.org/site/index.php?page=newsletters )
where past copies can also be viewed.

The Editor compiles 4 pages of copy (approximately 1000 words) for each issue, comprising articles aimed at a predominantly lay readership. There is an editorial committee who advise on the content prior to sending out the newsletter. (The committee is Assoc Prof Michael Stowasser and Sister Dianne Robson (both Qld), Prof Caryl Nowson and Dr Malcolm Riley (both Vic), Clare Rawcliffe (NSW), Jane Brown and Dr Trevor Beard (both Tas).