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Interdepartmental Nutrition Program PhD

Purdue University offers an Interdepartmental Nutrition Program for doctoral students with participation by Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne. This program brings together many scientific disciplines to answer complex questions pertaining to nutrients and cellular function or to diet and health and performance for animals and humans. The program provides a diverse training ground for doctoral students and is sufficiently flexible to accommodate a variety of paths under the umbrella heading of nutrition including an emphasis on biochemical and molecular; human and clinical; animal health, growth, and development; and public health and education. Faculty from 10 departments, including Health and Kinesiology, at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana and from Indiana University School of Medicine at Indianapolis, Indiana, and Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne participate in this program to provide a wide range of expertise and cross-training, facilities and an exciting interdepartmental seminar series.