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Nutrition Science

A graduate degree in Nutrition Science from The University of Tennessee in Knoxville can lead to excellent careers and professional opportunities in the applied, industrial, research, and academic health sectors.

The Program’s mission is to promote an understanding of the relationship between nutrition and disease, through conducting basic science research, using predominantly molecular and cellular models.

Program Highlights

  • Faculty explore mechanisms of obesity, diabetes, and cancer using molecular and cellular models.
  • The Nutrition Department houses a state-of-the-art Affymetrix Core facility, which allows investigators to examine differential gene expression in a wide variety of cell types and tissues. There are currently over a dozen types of GeneChips available including Yeast, Human, Rat, and Mouse.
  • Several faculty are members of the Graduate Program in Genome and Science Technology (GST) ) and Comparative and Experimental Medicine (CEM).

The Nutrition Science program’s strengths are its emphasis on excellence in translational laboratory research to explore metabolic pathways, gene-nutrient interactions, and mechanisms by which dietary factors influence disease processes, which provide the foundation of the field of Nutrition Science.

  • Professional development is fostered through the development of general laboratory skills and state-of-the-art molecular biological techniques exploring effects on gene, protein, and metabolic expression patterns.
  • Students present their research at a number of national and international conferences and are expected to publish their thesis and dissertation work in high-quality peer-reviewed, scientific journals.

More information in Nutrition Science MS Program

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For more information on the Nutrition Science Program, contact:

Brenda Hart in the Department of Nutrition.
bhart57@utk.edu
Phone: (865) 974-5445
Fax: (865) 974-3491

Contact the Department of Nutrition

1215 W. Cumberland Ave.
229 Jessie Harris Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-1920

Brenda Hart
bhart57@utk.edu

Phone: (865) 974-5445
Fax: (865) 974-3491