PhD in Nutrition Sciences

This committee provides cross-disciplinary doctoral education about the molecular underpinnings of life processes connected to metabolic balance, nutritional status and human disease. It belongs to the university's biosciences community. In a welcome message, the chair describes a dynamic, energetic student program whose faculty carry out research on metabolism and disease. He notes that it is unusual, one of few nationally devoted to metabolism and metabolic conditions including diabetes, obesity, sleep problems and inflammatory bowel disease, and he invites students curious about advanced metabolic research to consider it. The committee presents itself as a stimulating setting where motivated students can gain broad experience and expertise in biological science and research. Its pages carry student and faculty news, including a federal fellowship awarded to one student and work on a novel strategy aimed at cardiometabolic disease. Applicants can also find events and a personal statement workshop on the biosciences pages.