Nutrition (PhD)

Graduate School

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Graduate Field

Nutrition

Program Description

Students may obtain training in many aspects of nutrition and in the biological or social sciences related to nutrition. For those preparing for laboratory experimentation in nutrition, minors in biochemistry, molecular biology or genetics usually are frequently taken, although other minors may be chosen. Students interested in community and international nutrition have access to active programs that provide opportunity for field experience in the United States or abroad.

Candidates for the Ph.D. degree select two minor concentrations, one of which is external to the field. All degree programs require a thesis or dissertation; the specific requirements are determined by each candidate's Special Committee. Graduate students are generally required to assist in teaching as part of their training.

Faculty members in various colleges and divisions of the university who have interests in nutrition constitute the faculty in this field. Graduate students in Nutritional Sciences may select a Chair of their committee from among the faculty in the field of nutrition. These faculty members include faculty in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, the Field of Comparative Biomedical Sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine, the Fields of Animal ScienceFood Science and Technology , and Communication in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Field of Psychological Sciences and Human Development in the College of Human Ecology among others.

Concentrations

  • Metabolic health
  • Precision health
  • Maternal and child health
  • Public health and health equity