Nutritional Epidemiology

Nutritional epidemiology is an area of epidemiology that involves research to:

• Examine the role of nutrition in the etiology of disease.
• Monitor the nutritional status of populations.
• Develop and evaluate interventions to achieve and maintain healthful eating patterns among populations.
• Examine the relationship and synergy between nutrition and physical activity in health and disease

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Core Faculty:
Shirley A. Beresford PhD	beresfrd@u.washington.edu
Barbara Bruemmer PhD	bbruemme@u.washington.edu
Adam Drewnowski PhD, MA	adamdrew@u.washington.edu
Glen E. Duncan PhD, MS	duncag@u.washington.edu
Mario Kratz, PhD	mkratz@fhcrc.org
Alan R. Kristal DPH, MPH	akristal@fhcrc.org
Johanna W. Lampe PhD	jlampe@fhcrc.org
Riki Peters, PhD, MPH	upeters@fhcrc.org
Neli Ulrich, PhD	nulrich@fhcrc.org
Emily White PhD	ewhite@fhcrc.org

 

Adjunct Faculty
Anne Vernez-Moudon, Doctor es Science	moudon@u.washington.edu

 

Relevant Courses

• EPI 502 Phys Activity in Health and Disease
• EPI 538 Nutritional Epidemiology
• NUTR 550 Obesity: Prevention and Control
• NUTR 562 Nutrition and Chronic Disease
  

For more information on courses in epidemiology or nutritional sciences go to:

• Epidemiology Course Catalog
• Nutritional Sciences Interdisciplinary Graduate Program website

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Areas of Faculty Research: Faculty Research Aging/Neuroepidemiology Cancer Epidemiology Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Epidemiology Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology Genetic Epidemiology Health Disparities/Social Determinants of Health Infectious Diseases Injury and Violence Epidemiology International Health Maternal & Child Health/Women's Health Nutritional Epidemiology Psychiatric Epidemiology Public Health Practice

This page was last updated on July 27, 2009