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- Bermudez, Odilia I.
- Block, Steven A.
- Blumberg, Jeffrey B.
- Booth, Sarah L.
- Cappellano, Kathleen L.
- Choi, Sang Woon
- Coates, Jennifer
- Crivello, Natalia A.
- Dallal, Gerard E.
- Das, Sai Krupa
- Economos, Christina D.
- Fielding, Roger A.
- Folta, Sara
- Giguere, Paul
- Goldberg, Jeanne P.
- Goldin, Barry R.
- Goodman, Elizabeth
- Greenberg, Andrew S.
- Griffin, Timothy
- Gute, David M.
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- Hammock, John C.
- Harris, Susan
- Houser, Jr., Robert F.
- Hyatt, Jr., Raymond R.
- Jacobsen, Karen
- Jacques, Paul F.
- Johnson, Elizabeth
- Kane, Kelly
- Kehayias, Joseph J.
- Kennedy, Eileen
- Lamon-Fava, Stefania
- Leavis, Paul
- Lichtenstein, Alice H.
- Liu, Zhenhua
- Mason, Joel B.
- Matthan, Nirupa Rachel
- Maxwell, Daniel
- Mazurana, Dyan
- McKay, Diane L.
- McKeown, Nicola
- Meydani, Mohsen
- Meydani, Simin Nikbin
- Milbury, Paul E.
- Must, Aviva
- Nelson, Miriam E.
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- Obin, Martin S.
- Ordovas, José M.
- Palmer, Carole A.
- Rasmussen, Helen M.
- Roberts, Susan B.
- Rogers, Beatrice Lorge
- Rosenberg, Irwin H.
- Rush, David
- Russell, Robert M.
- Sacheck, Jennifer M.
- Sadler, Kate
- Saltzman, Edward
- Scott, Tammy
- Selhub, Jacob
- Stites, Elizabeth
- Tang, Guangwen
- Taylor, Allen
- Tillotson, James E.
- Troen, Aron
- Tucker, Katherine L.
- Walker, Peter
- Wang, Xiang-Dong
- Wanke, Christine
- Webb, Patrick
- Wilde, Parke E.
- Wilder, Andrew
- Woods, Margo N.
- Wu, Dayong
- Yee, Amy
- Yeum, Kyung-Jin
- Young, Helen
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- Arthurs, Denise
- Barnett, Junaidah Bajrai
- Bloem, Martin W.
- Borto, Dara
- Carlson, Khristopher
- Castaneda Sceppa, Carmen
- Chomitz, Virginia
- Cochary, Elizabeth
- Darnton-Hill, Ian
- de Pee, Saskia
- Dolnikowski, Gregory G.
- Donini, Antonio
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- Dunn, Julie E.
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Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition
The Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition (BMN) Program is designed to train nutrition scientists whose interests are in the fundamental understanding of biochemical, physiological and molecular processes in nutrition. BMN faculty members are selected based on their dedication to teaching, research, and mentoring. The interactive relationship with other programs within the school, as well as with the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, the School of Medicine, the Frances Stern Nutrition Center, the New England Medical Center, the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, and Tufts University Graduate Program in Arts and Sciences provides a rich environment for collaborative and cross-discipline instruction. Students completing the BMN program will graduate with the necessary analytical, technical, and communication skills required for research and teaching positions in academia, industry, and government.
Why Study Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition?
Nutrition is a natural science that has a fundamental biological basis. Understanding nutrition-related biochemical and cellular processes and pathways will have far reaching implications for human nutrition. To study such processes and pathways requires a critical knowledge of biochemistry and physiology combined with a fundamental background in basic sciences.
Download The Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition (BMN) Program Brochure
What You Will Learn
The curriculum combines rigorous academic coursework in nutrition, biochemistry, physiology, statistics and molecular biology, with practical training in specific areas of interest. Students thereby acquire in-depth knowledge as well as an understanding of how to design, conduct, and report peer-reviewed research. Students take academic courses at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and at the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences. However, students have the opportunity to take courses in the School of Medicine and School of Arts and Sciences of Tufts University and at other schools within the Boston area via consortium arrangements.
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