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Summary The Division of Nutrition, USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center (CNRC) in the ... The Core also has access to the Metabolic Research Unit with nursing staff; metabolic kitchen ...

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As of Sep 7, 2026, the average monthly pay for internship metabolic research center in the United States is $6,439.50, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $4,416.67 and $7,666.67 per month, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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AspectInternship Metabolic Research CenterResearch Assistant in Metabolic Research
CredentialsTypically students or recent graduates, no formal certification requiredBachelor's or Master's degree in biology, biochemistry, or related field
Work EnvironmentInternship programs, labs, research centers, often temporaryFull-time or part-time research labs, academic or industry settings
Employer & Industry UsageEducational institutions, research centers, biotech companiesUniversities, research institutes, pharmaceutical companies

The Internship at a Metabolic Research Center is typically a temporary learning experience for students or recent graduates, focusing on gaining practical skills. In contrast, a Research Assistant in Metabolic Research is a more permanent role requiring relevant degrees, with responsibilities involving ongoing research projects. Both roles operate within research environments but differ mainly in experience level and employment status.

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Metabolic Research and Dietary Assessment Unit Manager

Tufts University

Boston, MA • On-site

$98K - $147K/yr

Full-time

Posted 20 days ago

Key responsibilities

  • Designs and operationalizes human nutrition research studies in collaboration with PIs and study teams.

  • Plans and executes participant recruitment strategies, focusing on increasing participant diversity and quality.

  • Leads and manages a team of staff responsible for study management, data collection, and participant engagement.

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8.4

Company rating: 8.4 out of 10

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103rd of 631 rated colleges and universities

Job description

Overview
The mission of the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (HNRCA) is to promote healthy aging through nutrition science to empower people seeking to enjoy long, active, and independent lives. HNRCA investigators examine how nutrition and physical activity play a role in the prevention of the major chronic degenerative conditions and diseases associated with aging.
The Metabolic Research and Dietary Assessment Unit (MRUDAU) is a 15,000-square-foot HNRCA scientific core that provides the infrastructure to carry out human clinical research studies. The unit supports and facilitates study participant recruitment and retention, as well as all clinical aspects of data and biological sample collection from volunteer human subjects. MRUDAU staff provide nursing, dietary, participant engagement, and study management services, as well as expertise and services in dietary data collection methods, coding, data cleaning and management, and dietary data analysis. The MRUDAU manager and staff work with principal investigators and study teams on the design and execution of human clinical and observational studies, participating in the development of dietary intervention sections of new protocols, providing advice on dietary data collection methodologies, producing manuals of procedures and other nutrition-related materials, facilitating approvals by the Institutional Review Board (IRB), and developing new methodologies to improve the collection of dietary data.
What You'll Do
This is a grant funded position and is not eligible for severance pay.
The Metabolic Research and Dietary Assessment Unit Manager leads a diverse team of experts in nursing, dietetics, dietary data collection and assessment, and human study research management that supports the clinical research of HNRCA principal investigators (PIs). The Metabolic Research and Dietary Assessment Unit Manager has deep expertise in at least one area of the MRUDAU's work (nursing, nutrition, dietary assessment, human study research management) and/or significant leadership and management experience in a human-study research environment. Assists PIs in developing core unit budgets sufficient to cover proposed core unit research activities, as all as provides operational, regulatory, budgetary, and content-based leadership of the unit, working closely with PIs, study teams, other HNRCA core unit managers, and MRUDAU staff on many aspects of study design, implementation, execution, and close-out.
  • Study Management: Work with PIs, individual study teams, other core unit managers, and study MDs to design human nutrition research studies; with and via MRUDAU staff, operationalize IRB-approved study protocols (creating study budgets, MOPs, SOPs, study visit plans, etc.) and ensure successful, safe, on-time, on-budget completion of those protocols while ensuring adherence to regulations and best practices relating to data and biological sample collection.
  • Participant Engagement: With a focus on older adults, plans and executes (with and via MRUDAU staff) recruitment strategies for all studies and is tasked with increasing the quality, quantity, and diversity of potential human study participants in the MRUDAU participant database. Ensures unit-wide compliance with all federal and other regulations pertaining to human study research and data collection (e.g., CFR, Good Clinical Practice, etc.) and with best practices in clinical research.
  • Resource Management: Leads and manages a diverse team of 14-16 staff, including four direct reports, who are subject-area experts in the collaborative execution of human studies. Working with the HNRCA's budget and fiscal officer, scientific computing core, data management core, research administration core, and facilities management team, the Manager is responsible for the unit's staff, budget, instrumentation and equipment, systems, and physical plant.
  • Intellectual Leadership: The Metabolic Research and Dietary Assessment Unit Manager is not only an operational leader but also well-versed in best practices pertaining to human studies related to nutrition and healthy aging. Serves as a resource to PIs throughout all phases of pre-award and post-award research, as well as to MRUDAU and other HNRCA staff.

What We're Looking For
Basic Requirements:
Knowledge and experience typically acquired by:
  • Master's-level degree or equivalent in human subjects research, nutrition, biomedical science, nursing, data analysis, business, or another related field
  • 10 or more years' experience with human research studies, including 3 or more years' experience with fiscal responsibility for complex human studies in a grant-funded environment
  • Significant experience with clinical study design
  • Experience with electronic data capture systems (e.g., REDCap)
  • Experience successfully leading a team and directly managing staff

Preferred Qualifications:
  • PhD, ScD, MD, or equivalent terminal degree in nutrition, biomedical science, nursing, data analysis, business, or another related field[
  • 3 or more years' experience managing a clinical research facility or team

Pay Range
Minimum $98,400.00, Midpoint $123,000.00, Maximum $147,600.00
Salary is based on related experience, expertise, and internal equity; generally, new hires can expect pay between the minimum and midpoint of the range.

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