Human nutrition research units at American Colleges. The human nutrition centers/departmental units listed below offer nurition courses at undegraduate and graduate level and undertake research on promoting human health through nutrition.
The human nutrition centers/departmental units listed below offer nutrition courses at undegraduate and graduate level, undertake research on promoting human health through nutrition, provide nutrition care for patients and educate people through their cooperative extension programs.
Center for Food Science and Nutrition Research
California State University Fresno
2910 E Barstow Ave.
Fresno, CA 93740-0115
Phone: (559) 278-5924
Fax: (559) 278-4849
Virginia Tech University
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Excercise
338 Wallace Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: (540) 231-5540
FAX: (540) 231-3916
Email:
The Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center
USDA, ARS
2420 2nd AVE
Grand Forks, ND, 58202
Phone: (701) 795-8487
Fax: (701) 795-8220
The center has five research teams with focus on:
- Nutritional Roles in Cardiovascular Function
- Nutritional Roles in Bone and Joint Health
- Nutritional Roles in Physiological and Psychological Development
- Factors Affecting Mineral Availability
- Nutritional Roles in Gene Expression, Cell Cycle Regulation and Cancer Risk
Tufts University
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA)
711 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111-1524
Telephone: (617) 556-3000
FAX: (617) 556-3344
E-mail:
HNRCA scientists focus on examining how nutrition plays a major role in the prevention of the major chronic degenerative conditions associated with aging.
Johns Hopkins University
Center for Human Nutrition
615 N. Wolfe Street,
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone: 410-955-5000
The center offers a multidisciplinary educational program in laboratory, clinical and public health nutrition and conduct research that will increase our understanding of the role of nutrition in health and disease.
Vanderbilt University
Center for Human Nutrition
1211 21st Avenue South
514 Medical Arts Building
Nashville, TN 37232
Phone: 615-936-1288
Fax: 615-343-1587
Research interest include: Improving nutrition support techniques, treating malnutrition, assessing the overall diets of older adults, and reducing the health complications associated with obesity.
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