Nutrition has an important effect on most chronic diseases, which are the leading causes of death.
Therefore, there is a growing research interest in the field of nutritional epidemiology. Besides very interesting research positions, students with combined skills in nutrition and epidemiology will also be able to choose between positions in the food and pharmaceutical industry as well as working for the government after graduating such as Center of Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture etc. I was particularly interested in a post-doctoral position in chronic disease and nutritional epidemiology. During my job search I was surprised how many very interesting research possibilities are available. Even if I did not discuss it further, it was a very flattering to get the offer to discuss a possible faculty position in nutritional epidemiology.