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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.

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Core Faculty:  
Shirley A. Beresford PhD beresfrd@u.washington.edu
Barbara Bruemmer PhD bbruemme@u.washington.edu
adamdrew@u.washington.edu
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
John Potter, MBBS, PhD jpotter@fhcrc.org
Neli Ulrich, PhD nulrich@fhcrc.org
Emily White PhD ewhite@fhcrc.org

Relevant Courses

Epi 502: Phys Activity in Health and Disease (3) Duncan
Impact of physical activity on individual and public health. Overview of physiological adaptations to activity, exercise prescription, exercise epidemiology, and prevention of chronic diseases. Public health recommendations for activity in the U.S. population, and the effects of the build environment on activity. Prerequisite: BIOL 118. Offered: jointly with NUTR 505; Sp.
Instructor Course Description: Glen E Duncan

Epi 538: Nutritional Epidemiology (3) Beresford, Drewnowski
Application of epidemiological methods to current studies of diet, nutrition, and chronic disease. A discussion of current issues and controversies enable students to plan studies in nutritional epidemiology and disease prevention. Prerequisite: EPI 511 or EPI 512 or permission of instructor. Offered: jointly with NUTR 538; A.
Instructor Course Description: Shirley A. Beresford

 

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This page was last updated on June 11, 2008