Graduate Programs
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Neuroscience
Toxicology
One Health
Interdepartmental Programs
Bioinformatics
(MSc, PhD and course-based Master of Bioinformatics)
About
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