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Graduate Programs

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Graduate programs in Human Health and Nutritional Sciences focus on physical activity and diet as powerful lifestyle determinants of human health. The interaction between genetics and environmental factors ultimately determines the health of an individual. Lifestyle is a major component of our environment that can be modified to affect human health.

In both the MSc and PhD programs, students can choose one of three specializations:

  • Biomechanics
  • Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
  • Nutrition and Nutraceutical Sciences

The Department of Human Health Sciences also contributes to the Master of Medical Foundations program, along with Molecular and Cellular Biology.

Departmental Programs

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MSc Human Health and Nutritional Sciences

The M.Sc. in Human Health and Nutritional Sciences is offered as a either thesis or coursework, to align with your research interests and professional goals. Students may choose one of the following specializations: Biomechanics and Neurophysiology, Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism, or Nutrition and Nutraceutical Sciences.

MSc HHNS
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PhD Human Health and Nutritional Sciences

Tap into the department’s research strengths in nutritional and nutraceutical sciences, general and exercise physiology, and biomechanics, with a focus on lifestyle, genetics and human health. Past doctoral theses have focused on aging, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, nutrition and exercise, biomechanics, metabolism, and neuroscience, among other topics.

PhD HHNS
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Master of Medical Foundations

The Master of Medical Foundations (MMF) is an 11-month, course-based graduate program providing both theoretical and practical training in human anatomy, multisystem physiology, and disease and immunology, with a focus on the role of lifestyle medicine and social dimensions of health and wellbeing.

MMF

Collaborative Specializations

A collaborative specialization is an intra-university graduate field of study that provides an additional multidisciplinary experience for students enrolled in and completing the degree requirements for their MSc or PhD in Human Health and Nutritional Sciences degree.

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Neuroscience

Neuroscience Specialization
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Toxicology

Toxicology Specialization
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One Health

One Health Specialization

Interdepartmental Programs

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Biophysics

(MSc and PhD)

Biophysics
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Bioinformatics

(MSc, PhD and course-based Master of Bioinformatics)

Master of Bioinformatics
MSc in Bioinformatics
PhD in Bioinformatics
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About

The College of Biological Science is a globally recognized academic faculty with a mission to expand the understanding of life, from DNA to cells to complex ecosystems. It produces intrepid and interdisciplinary research in a student-centred learning environment that encourages and promotes comprehensive understanding of the systems that govern life.

Departments

  • Department of Human Health Sciences
  • Department of Integrative Biology
  • Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology