Department of Nutrition and Dietetics
Nutrition and Dietetics
Vision
The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics serves international, national, regional and local communities through discovery of the ways in which foods and their bioactive components contribute to health and the prevention of disease and through effective application of nutrition knowledge to improve human health and well-being.
Mission
The Mission of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics is to better human health by:
- Contributing to the fundamental knowledge of how nutrients and food components function at cellular, systematic, and whole body levels and impact human health and disease.
- Delivering innovative, research-based interventions and service programs which alter meal patterns and food choices with the goal of improved health of individuals, families, and communities.
- Contributing to the knowledge-base of nutrition undergraduate and graduate students through high quality teaching, training, and research mentorship, and providing service to professional, governmental, and local community organizations.











