Prospective Students
The Department of Nutrition is the only such academic department in the United States that is a member of both a school of public health and a school of medicine.
Department of Nutrition
The right food for all
The Gillings School's Department of Nutrition is a global leader in research and training. We are the only nutrition department in the United States situated in both a school of public health and a school of medicine. We engage in innovative work that capitalizes on both these schools’ approaches to health, and thus our department has an unusual breadth of scientific and policy approaches. Our faculty expertise spans from cell to society and moves from discovery to delivery. Our faculty and students work throughout North Carolina and reach populations in China, India, Malawi, Spain and the Philippines, to name a few.
Message from the Chair
Mission:
To improve and protect the public’s health through teaching, research and practices that foster optimal nutrition.
Vision:
To achieve optimal nutrition for all people around the globe.
To improve and protect the public’s health through teaching, research and practices that foster optimal nutrition.
Vision:
To achieve optimal nutrition for all people around the globe.
Interested in becoming a nutrition student?
- Look into our programs.
- Learn more about our research strengths.
- Fill out a Prospective Student Inquiry Form.
What are we talking about lately?
- Dean’s Response to Recent Incidents
- A statement on the New Zealand Mosque Shootings
- Department Response to Student Letter
- Nutrition Student Letter Against Silent Sam Proposal
- A statement on the Recommendation for the Disposition and Preservation of the Confederate Monument (PDF)
- A statement on the October 2018 Pittsburgh Shooting (PDF)
- A statement on Silent Sam from the chairs of the Gillings School (PDF)
- A statement on Silent Sam from Department of Nutrition leadership (PDF)
- A statement on Charlottesville from the UNC Faculty Executive Committee (PDF)
- Statements on immigration and House Bill 2 from the Department of Nutrition chair (PDF)
Explore our department:
Recent News
Researchers promote survivorship programs specific to Latino/a cancer patients
Study finds evidence that omega-3 fatty acid-derived molecules can improve chronic inflammation in obesity
Featured Events
- Welcome and Insurance 101 - International Student Welcome Week August 26 @ 8:30 am - 9:30 am
- 7th Annual Diversity THINKposium: Voice September 4 @ 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
- 25th National Health Equity Research Webcast: Structural Racism September 13 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm