Programs and research are individually planned by student and dairy foods and meat. Some areas of nutrition research include diet and physical performance, nutrient requirements and bioavailability, nutrition education, nutrition toxicology advisory committee. General areas of research emphasis are human nutrition, epidemiology, public health nutrition, and dietary assessment.
Emphasis is on scientific research in nutrition and Food Science.
Areas of study include nutrition education, nutrient bioavailability, nutritional biochemistry, food chemistry, food microbiology, and molecular microbiology, and dairy and meat science. Ph.D. requires an M.S. or equivalent plus 90 quarter of coursework and research, a comprehensive exam and a dissertation. Oral presentation of research results and submission to a refereed journal for publication is required before defense of the thesis or dissertation. J. Broadbent, Ph.D. Asst Prof. Microbiology and genetics of lactic acid bacteria. R.J. Brown, Ph.D. Prof. of and Dean of College of Agriculture.