Master's Internship Position in Nutrition, Dietary Exposures, and Chronic Disease Outcomes

Applicants must be enrolled in a Master's program, and the internship must be a mandatory part of the degree.

Within the Department of Population Health, Dr. Torsten Bohn, Head of the Nutrition & Health Research Group (NUTRIHEALTH), aims to explore nutrition, dietary exposures, and chronic disease outcomes, with a special focus on cardiometabolic health and type 2 diabetes within the framework of an ongoing PhD project.

We are offering a 6-month paid Master’s (2) student internship at our premises. This internship should be part of the mandatory curriculum of the student.

The intern will be involved in a research project focused on the intersection of nutrition, environmental exposures, and cardiometabolic health. Their work will primarily involve handling and analyzing data from a large epidemiological cohort, including the preparation of datasets, conducting statistical analyses, and interpreting results. The intern will also contribute to literature reviews, assist in the development of figures and tables, and support the writing of scientific outputs. Depending on the progress of the work, participation in a peer-reviewed publication is expected.

In the framework of this work, the Master’s student will benefit from the expertise of Dr. Torsten Bohn and other team members in the nutrition and health domain.

Key Accountabilities

• Participate in a research project related to nutrition, dietary exposures, and cardiometabolic health;

• Prepare, clean, and manage epidemiological data from a multi-country cohort study;

• Conduct statistical analyses using appropriate software (e.g., SPSS, R);

• Perform literature reviews to support the research context and interpretation of findings;

• Assist in the development of scientific tables, figures, and summaries;

• Contribute to the writing of research outputs;

• Give presentations at the local institute level;

• Take part in other group-based activities.

Key Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a Master 2 program in Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Nutrition, Environmental Health, or a related field;

• Strong analytical skills and experience with statistical software;

• Previous experience working with epidemiological or large datasets is an asset;

• Good scientific writing and communication skills in English;

• Strong organizational skills;

• Highly motivated, well organized, and able to work both independently and as part of a team.

What we offer

• Opportunity to work in an interdisciplinary and international scientific environment, benefiting from diverse exchanges with other students and scientists within and across the department;

• Access to further training in a variety of health-related domains, fostering the acquisition of transversal skills such as presentation and communication, scientific English, statistical data evaluation, and epidemiological methods;

• Experience working with a real-life dataset, providing a close link to clinical, statistical, and data analysis practices.

Gender Equality

The LIH is an equal opportunities employer. We are fully committed to removing any discriminatory barrier related to gender, and not only, in recruitment and career progression of our staff. The LIH is attentive to gender representation among its leadership staff and aims to eliminate obstacles to the recruitment and promotion of female leaders and their career development.