Doctor's Degree in Nutritional Sciences at Eastern Kentucky University |
Eastern Kentucky University
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Eastern Kentucky University is a Public, 4-year or above Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs) with 15,839 students in Richmond, KY.
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This school offers the following degree levels:
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate, Associate degree, Bachelor degree, Certificates/Postbaccalaureate Certificate, Masters degree, Certificates/Post-Master's Certificate |
| Also, students of this school are eligible for federal aid such as Pell Grants and Direct Loans from the US Department of Education. |
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Mission:
Eastern Kentucky University is a student-centered comprehensive public university dedicated to high-quality instruction, service, and scholarship. |
Eastern Kentucky University
Doctor's degree
Nutritional Sciences
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The Ph.D. Program in Nutritional Sciences offers advanced multidisciplinary studies that serve as a springboard for nutrition-related careers in academia, industry and government. The program emphasizes interdisciplinary research opportunities in laboratories run by nationally known faculty, with nutrition-related studies ranging from molecular mechanisms to complex metabolic interactions, disease-health interactions and behavioral processes.
One of the Center’s primary areas of research and training targets nutrition and chronic diseases, with a focus on obesity and associated disorders of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer. Other specialty areas include nutrition and oxidative stress, nutrition and aging, clinical nutrition, animal nutrition and food science.
In addition to their research activities, Ph.D. students must fulfill curriculum requirements, complete a dissertation, fulfill residency requirements and pass a thesis defense, as outlined in the Center’s Handbook (pdf) . The program takes four to five years to complete.
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