MPH programs with nutrition...

[southpawcannon]

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Hey everyone,

I'm interested in a graduate program that is focused a bit on Human Nutrition before I go on to apply to medical school. Unfortunately, for many schools it seems, it's required to have had an undergrad degree in nutrition as most programs are tailored for registered dieticians. So, perhaps a degree in Public Health may serve me better. I'm not really wanting to attend 2 yrs of graduate school as opposed to one-Columbia's MS in Human Nutrition can be done in one year-but, if there's a quality Public Health program out there with what I'm looking for, I'd like to hear about it and would take it into consideration. My end goa isl to become a physician, and so I want to learn more about nutrition for the pediatric and sports population whom I plan to serve. Preventing something from happening in the first place as opposed to trying to find a treatment or cure after the fact. Thanks.

 

[dancingdoctor13]

I would be interested as well if anyone has any info!

Hey everyone,

I'm interested in a graduate program that is focused a bit on Human Nutrition before I go on to apply to medical school. Unfortunately, for many schools it seems, it's required to have had an undergrad degree in nutrition as most programs are tailored for registered dieticians. So, perhaps a degree in Public Health may serve me better. I'm not really wanting to attend 2 yrs of graduate school as opposed to one-Columbia's MS in Human Nutrition can be done in one year-but, if there's a quality Public Health program out there with what I'm looking for, I'd like to hear about it and would take it into consideration. My end goa isl to become a physician, and so I want to learn more about nutrition for the pediatric and sports population whom I plan to serve. Preventing something from happening in the first place as opposed to trying to find a treatment or cure after the fact. Thanks.

 

[MKG87]

I would be interested as well if anyone has any info!

I would look into the program at Tufts University School of Medicine, the MPH in Nutrition. I'm pretty sure Tufts has a very highly regarded nutrition school, I think it's the Freidman school of nutrition. Hope this helps!

 

[Cooger]

I'm bumping this thread instead of starting a new one.

I've been researching different MPH Nutrition programs and I'm wondering if anyone knows how these stack up with each other. Here are the MPH programs I've found which have a nutrition concentration.

Tufts
University of Washington
UNC
UC Berkeley
Colorado
Michigan
Emory
Tulane
St. Louis
Minnesota

I'm sure there are other programs, but I only researched schools which I could apply to right after undergrad. As far as I can tell, the top programs are the first four I mentioned (not necessarily in order). Thoughts?

 

[Stories]

Nutrition is pretty big, and while a school might not necessarily offer a concentration in it, you'll almost certainly have a lot of opportunities to work in it. Every schools should have at least one faculty member that does nutrition work. (Nutrition Epidemiology, that is).

 

[Cooger]

Nutrition is pretty big, and while a school might not necessarily offer a concentration in it, you'll almost certainly have a lot of opportunities to work in it. Every schools should have at least one faculty member that does nutrition work. (Nutrition Epidemiology, that is).

That makes sense. Question for you then. I've been seriously considering Tufts because it offers an MPH/MS dual degree with excellent flexibility in curriculum and an amazing nutrition reputation. Do you think I could receive an equally beneficial experience at a top MPH school without a nutrition concentration? My career goals are to work in the federal government analyzing and reforming nutrition policy and promotion.

 

[Stories]

That makes sense. Question for you then. I've been seriously considering Tufts because it offers an MPH/MS dual degree with excellent flexibility in curriculum and an amazing nutrition reputation. Do you think I could receive an equally beneficial experience at a top MPH school without a nutrition concentration? My career goals are to work in the federal government analyzing and reforming nutrition policy and promotion.

You'll have a different experience if you do a MPH versus a MS route since you won't have the clinical dietics portion of the curriculum unless you go to UNC or Hopkins and do the combined MSPH/MPH-RD programs. I do know Tufts has a well received reputation and large department dedicated to nutrition, but how much policy training you'd get in your typical nutrition program will probably be less than you're looking for if that's your ultimate goal.

That's all speculative, though.

 

[Cooger]

You'll have a different experience if you do a MPH versus a MS route since you won't have the clinical dietics portion of the curriculum unless you go to UNC or Hopkins and do the combined MSPH/MPH-RD programs. I do know Tufts has a well received reputation and large department dedicated to nutrition, but how much policy training you'd get in your typical nutrition program will probably be less than you're looking for if that's your ultimate goal.

That's all speculative, though.

They do have a nutrition policy concentration, MS Food Policy and Applied Nutrition. That's the only concentration of that kind that I've seen.