Overview

​The PhD in Human Nutrition is a three-year, 54 credit hour program designed to align with the goals and objectives of the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.
Our graduates obtain the skills needed to perform bench-to-bedside-to-community research that advances the field of nutrition to improve human health. Included in the curriculum are courses in translational nutrition methodologies, including laboratory analyses, metabolic assessment techniques, statistical research methodologies, and communication.

Student Learning Objectives

  1. Translational nutrition – Demonstrate collaborative techniques that translate laboratory findings to the patient/community.
  2. Communication – Evaluate and interpret current research for presentation to the academic, scientific, and/or lay community.
  3. Nutrition research practice – Demonstrate an understanding of laboratory analyses methodologies, metabolic assessment techniques, and statistical research methodologies. 
  4. Independent research – Demonstrate the ability to support an independent research career.   
  5. Effective educators – Demonstrate effective teaching skills.

Program Curriculum 

​Required courses include 18 credit hours of required nutrition course work, 9 hours of statistics, 9 hours of electives, and 18 hours of dissertation.  
​Nutrition Core

NHM 601:  Research in Translational Nutrition Science

NHM 602:  Methods in Integrative Nutrition Assessment

NHM 603:  Nutrition Intervention

NHM 635:  Practicum in Post-Secondary Dietetics Education

NHM 691:  Grant Writing for Translational Nutrition Research

NHM 695:  Interpretation of Nutrition Research
Statistics and Research Hours

HHE 626:  Advanced Biostatistics in Health Research

HHE 627:  Multivariate Methods in Health Statistics

NHM 648:  Secondary Analysis of Survey Data

Elective (6 hours)

NHM 698:  Non-dissertation Research (3 hours)

NHM 699:  Dissertation Hours (18 hours)