Department of Nutrition (NUTR)
JUNE STEVENS, Chair
Professors
Linda S. Adair (34) Maternal and Child Nutrition, International Nutrition, Child Growth, Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Nutritional Exposures
Alice S. Ammerman (41) Design and Evaluation of Nutrition and Physical Activity Interventions for Chronic Disease Risk Reduction (Obesity, Cancer, Heart Disease, Diabetes) in Lower Income and Minority Youth and Adults, Patterns of Diet-Related Practice in Primary Care
Melinda Beck (70) Antioxidant Nutrition and Infectious Disease, Obesity and Infectious Disease, Nutritional Status and Immune Function
Margaret Bentley (67) Nutritional Anthropology, Sociocultural Determinants of Infant and Child Feeding, Breastfeeding and Reproductive Health
Cynthia M. Bulik (98) Twin and Molecular Genetic Studies of Eating Disorders and Weight Regulation, Application of Information Technology to Upgrading Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Eating Disorders and Overweight, Eating Disorders and Reproduction, Parenting Assistance for Women with Eating Disorders
Marci K. Campbell (57) Nutritional and Health Behavior Change Interventions, Cancer Prevention and Control, Health Communication, Minority Health
Stephen G. Chaney (43) Mechanism of Action of Platinum Anticancer Agents, DNA Repair, HPLC Methodology
Rosalind A. Coleman (39) Diabetes: Lipid and Carbohydrate Metabolism, Obesity, Partitioning of Energy between Triacylglycerol Storage and Fatty Acid Oxidation, Regulation of Triacylglycerol Synthesis, Fatty Acid Metabolism and Cardiac Function
Janice M. Dodds (36) Nutrition Policy, Leadership Development in Public Health Nutrition, Community-Based Program Implementation
Anthony C. Hackney (50) Endocrine and Metabolic Responses to Physical Stress, Physiology of Exercise
Mark Koruda, Surgery, Parenteral and External Nutrition
Pauline K. Lund (69) Insulin-Like Growth Factors, Intestinal Development, Nutrient and Cytokine Interactions in Intestinal Inflammation, Injury and Repair, Intestinal Stem Cells
Nobuyo Maeda (77) Animal Models of Hyperlipidemia, Atherosclerosis and Cardiomyopathy
Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis (33) Nutrition and the Etiology and Treatment of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adults, Epidemiology of Diabetes, Diabetes Self-Management for Individuals Living in Medically Underserved Communities
Robert G. McMurray (51) Exercise Physiology, Energy Expenditure of Activity, Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Obesity in Youth, Multiple Metabolic Syndrome, Sports Nutrition
Daniel Pomp (90) Obesity: Genetic Predisposition for Components of Energy Balance, Gene x Diet Interactions, Fat as a Risk Factor for Cancer
Barry M. Popkin (17) The Nutrition Transition: Patterns and Determinants of Dietary Trends and Body Composition Trends (United States and Low Income Countries), Obesity Dynamics and Their Environment Causes, Dietary and Physical Activity Patterns, Trends and Determinants, Creation of Large-Scale Program and Policy Initiatives to Address Nutrition-Related Noncommunicable Diseases
June Stevens (56) Epidemiologic Studies of the Causes and Consequences of Obesity, Intervention Trials to Improve Diet, Increase Physical Activity and Prevent Obesity, Obesity Trends, Risk Factors and Consequences among Ethnic Groups, Long-Term and Short-Term Effects of Obesity and Weight Change on Health, Obesity Policy
James Swenberg, Chemical Carcinogenesis and Toxicology, DNA Damage and Repair, Oxidative Stress, Biomarkers and Mass Spectrometry
Dianne Ward, (79) Community- and School-Based Interventions to Prevent Obesity and Promote Healthy Weight Behaviors, Measurement of Physical Activity
Steven H. Zeisel (38) Nutrients and Brain Development, Choline Metabolism and Requirements in the Human, Nutrigenomics, Computer-Assisted Instruction
Associate Professors
Penny Gordon-Larsen (78) Obesity Epidemiology, Physical Activity, Environmental and Sociodemographic Determinants of Obesity, Minority Health, Adolescent Nutrition and Health, Gene by Environment Interactions and Weight Gain
Pamela S. Haines (32) Aging, Dietary Trends, Patterns and Determinants, Diet Quality Assessment, Women's Health, Nutrition and Public Policy, Nutrition Epidemiology
Jessie A. Satia (81) Nutritional Epidemiology, Cancer Survivorship, Dietary Assessment, Health Disparities, Health Communications
Anna Maria Siega-Riz (62) Maternal Nutrition and Birth Outcomes, Infant and Child Dietary Habits, Obesity Development in Women of Reproductive Age, Infants and Children, Gestational Diabetes, Diet Methodology and Reproductive Epidemiology
Boyd R. Switzer (5) Cancer and Carotenoids, Phytochemicals, Vitamin A and E and Nutritional Biomarkers
Assistant Professors
Terry Combs (88) Glucose and Lipid Metabolism, Obesity, Cancer and Aging
Ka He (96) Nutritional Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cerebrovascular Disease, Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome
Deborah F. Tate (95) Obesity Prevention and Treatment in Adults and Adolescents, Application of New Technology and the Internet to Behavioral Treatments for Overweight, Obesity Treatment in Worksites and Community Settings
Research Professors
Martin Kohlmeier (53) Nutritional Genetics, Biomarkers in Nutritional Epidemiology, Lipoprotein Metabolism, Vitamin K Transport and Function, Nutrition Education in Medical Schools
Research Associate Professor
Miroslav Styblo (72) Biochemistry and Molecular Toxicology of Essential and Toxic Trace Metals and Metalloids
Research Assistant Professors
Rebecca Cleveland, Obesity, Weight Change and Physical Activity in Cancer Epidemiology, Genetic and Molecular Markers of Metabolic Syndrome in Cancer, Diabetes
Marlyn Allicock, Cancer Prevention and Control, Dissemination Research and Evaluation, Health Disparities
Kerry-Ann da Costa (58) Choline, Folate and Metabolism
Zuzana Drobna, Nutrition and Cancer, Isoflavonoids and Food Components, Leukemia, Metabolism of Metalloids
Leslie Fischer (87) Human Choline Requirements and Sequelae of Choline Deficiency, Choline and Brain Development
Kristine Kelsey (71) Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Prevention of Childhood Obesity, Health Behavior Change, Women's Health
Mihai Niculescu
Eric Park, Diet and Carcinogenesis, Dietary Components and Inflammation
Carmen Samuel-Hodge (86) Interventions in Diabetes Self-Management Education, Weight Loss and Lifestyle Behavior Change Interventions, Peer Counselors/Lay Advisors in Community-Based Nutrition Interventions
Kimberly Truesdale
Clinical Professor
William D. Heizer (46) Gastrointestinal Absorption, Malabsorption Syndromes, Consequences of Long-Term Parenteral Nutrition in Hospitalized Patients, Digestive Diseases Causing Malnutrition
Clinical Assistant Professor
Amanda S. Holliday (99) Professional Development, Clinical Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition Management
Adjunct Professors
John J. B. Anderson, Calcium, Isoflavones, Other Nutrients and Bone Indices in Women, Osteoporosis, Physical Activity and Body Composition, Diet and Aging
Bernard Gutin
Bernadette Marriott
Ellen Piwoz
Richard C. Theuer, Infant Foods and Nutrition
Adjunct Associate Professors
Alvin Berger
Katherine M. Flegal, Epidemiology of Obesity and Related Conditions, Dietary Assessment Methods, Misclassification and Measurement Error
Temitope Keku
Adjunct Assistant Professors
Marjorie Busby, Human Clinical Nutrition
Melissa Daniels, International Maternal and Child Nutrition, Dietary Assessment Methods, Screening of Malnutrition Risk
Juhaeri Juhaeri, Obesity Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Pharmcoepidemiology and Epidemiology Methods
Miriam Peterson
Adjunct Research Professor
Rudolf Salganik, Oxidative Stress, Apoptosis and Cancer
Adjunct Research Assistant Professor
Barbara Laraia, Influence of Food Security on Health Outcomes within Vulnerable Populations, Maternal Nutrition and Birth Outcomes, Nutrition Policy
Adjunct Instructor
Angelo Mojica (94) Food Service Management
Professors Emeriti
Rebecca B. Bryan
Joseph C. Edozien
MaryAnn C. Farthing
Mildred Kaufman
Courses
NUTR 400 [100] INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL NUTRITION (3). Prerequisites, BIOL 101, CHEM 101 and 102, NUTR 240. Function of the human body focusing on nutrient interaction. Review of structure and function of cells and organs. For advanced undergraduates and graduate students needing to enhance background prior to NUTR 600. Spring. Switzer.
NUTR 600 [110] HUMAN METABOLISM: MACRONUTRIENTS (3). Prerequisite, NUTR 400 or equivalent. Cell biochemistry and physiology emphasizing integration of proteins, carbohydrates and lipids in whole-body metabolism, regulation of energy expenditure, food intake, metabolic adaptations and gene expression, and macronutrient-related diseases (atherosclerosis, obesity). Fall. Coleman and Faculty.
NUTR 611 [111] NUTRITION OF CHILDREN AND MOTHERS (MHCH 611) (3). Prerequisites, NUTR 400 or equivalent, to be taken in parallel with NUTR 600. Biologic bases for nutrient requirements and dietary recommendations as they vary throughout the life cycle. Covers the nutritional needs of women during childbearing years, infants, children and adolescents. Fall. Gordon-Larsen and Siega-Riz.
NUTR 615 [112] NUTRITION IN THE ELDERLY (1). Prerequisites, NUTR 400 or equivalent. Special dietary and nutritional needs and conditions of the elderly. Includes overview of biology and demography of aging, discussion of nutritional requirements and assessment of the elderly, as well as nutrition in health and various disease states of the elderly. Spring. Holliday.
NUTR 620 [120] HUMAN METABOLISM: MICRONUTRIENTS (3). Prerequisite, NUTR 400, NUTR 600 or equivalent. Cell biochemistry and physiology emphasizing metabolism of vitamins and minerals including antioxidant protection, immune function, nutrient control of gene expression and disease states induced by deficiencies (e.g., iron-deficient anemia). Spring. Beck.
NUTR 630 [132] NUTRITION ASSESSMENT AND COUNSELING SKILLS (3). Prerequisite, NUTR 240 or equivalent. Functions of a dietitian working with individuals, emphasizing interviewing, assessment, nutrition care planning, counseling and service documentation in prevention and therapeutic situations. Practice in the use of current dietary analysis software programs and development of educational materials included. Fall. Holliday.
NUTR 640 [121] MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY (3). Prerequisite, NUTR 630; corequisite, NUTR 620. Course designed to examine the rationale and implementation of diet therapy and nutrition support in the prevention or treatment of disease. Spring. Holliday.
NUTR 650 [140] FOOD SCIENCE, PRODUCTION AND MEAL PREPARATION (2). Prerequisite, NUTR 400. Introduction to foods, food composition and properties, factors affecting selection, handling and prep of foods, food safety, basic food industry knowledge, meal planning. NUTR 650 lab required. Fall. Holliday.
NUTR 650L FOOD SCIENCE, PRODUCTION AND MEAL PREPARATION LAB (1). Concurrent with NUTR 650. This is the lab that accompanies NUTR 650. This lab applies the basic concepts of meal preparation, food production and food science. Lab fee of $50. Three lab hours per week. Fall. Holliday.
NUTR 660 [141] FOOD SERVICE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT (2). Permission of the instructor required for nonmajors. Basic concepts of institutional food service systems management applied to small and medium-sized health care facilities in the community. Fall/spring. Mojica.
NUTR 660L [141L] FOOD SERVICE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT (1). Prerequisite or corequisite, NUTR 660. This is a food service management practicum that applies the basic concepts of institutional food service systems. Two laboratory hours per week. Fall/spring. Mojica.
NUTR 680 [150] NUTRITION POLICY AND PROGRAMS (2). Prerequisite, NUTR 240. Introduction to program and policy approaches for improving nutritional status of populations. Broad basis and rationale for nutrition policy introduced. Design, implementation of relevant food, nutrition and health programs examined. Fall. Havala Hobbs.
NUTR 695 [190] NUTRITION RESEARCH (1–9). Permission of the instructor. Individual arrangements with faculty for bachelor and master students to participate in ongoing research. Fall, spring and summer. Faculty.
NUTR 696 [170] READINGS IN NUTRITION (1–9). Permission of the instructor. Reading and tutorial guidance in special areas of nutrition. Fall, spring and summer. Faculty.
NUTR 700 [200] NUTRITION IN MEDICINE (2). Prerequisite, BIOL 252 and NUTR 600 or equivalent. Comprehensive review of nutrition basics with strong clinical perspective. Integrates nutrient biochemistry and metabolism into a framework of nutritional assessment and dietary intervention. Fall. Mayer-Davis.
NUTR 710 [220] CLINICAL NUTRITION EXPERIENCE (6). Prerequisites, NUTR 620, 640, 630. Students are assigned to medical facilities where, under the supervision of registered dietitians, they participate in the nutritional care of patients. Field fee of $450. Forty hours per week for 12 weeks. Summer. Holliday and field preceptors.
NUTR 715 [230] DIETARY CHANGE INTERVENTIONS (3). Prerequisites, NUTR 680 or permission of the instructor. Focus on developing theory-based nutrition interventions at the population level. Addresses levels of interventions such as individual, social network, organizational (e.g., schools and work sites), methods of implementation (including social marketing and mass media) and principles of assessing change. Spring. Campbell.
NUTR 720 [250] PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION MANAGEMENT I (4). Prerequisite, NUTR 680. Addresses roles and functions of the health care team and nutritionist in providing nutrition services at the community level. Includes community assessment and organization, quality assurance and program evaluation, and basic personnel management. Three lecture hours and one-day concurrent field experience per week. Fall. Samuel-Hodge.
NUTR 725 [251] PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION MANAGEMENT II (4). Prerequisite, NUTR 720. An overview of the planning and management of local, state, federal and voluntary public health nutrition programs. Examines legislative and administrative structures. Includes grant writing for program development. Three lecture hours and one-day concurrent field experience per week. Spring. Dodds.
NUTR 730 [252] PUBLIC HEALTH FIELD EXPERIENCE (4). Prerequisites, NUTR 710 and NUTR 725. During a consecutive eight-week block of time, students are assigned to a state, local or district health agency or other appropriate agency for their supervised field experience. Field fee of $450. Fall, spring and summer. Switzer.
NUTR 735 [253] NATIONAL NUTRITION ISSUES (1). Prerequisite, NUTR 725 or permission of the instructor. Three-day in-depth seminar held in Washington, DC on national nutrition issues, policy formulation and program development with key congressional staff, federal agencies' staff and pertinent public interest/consumer advocacy groups. Paper required. Field fee of $50. Spring. Kelsey and Stevens.
NUTR 740 [255] BLOCK FIELD RESEARCH (4). Prerequisite, NUTR 700 and NUTR 813. During a consecutive 10-week block of time, students conduct nutrition-related research on topics including cancer, diabetes, hypertension, obesity and cardiovascular disease. Supervised by an approved faculty and mentor. Field fee of $450. Fall, spring and summer. Faculty.
NUTR 745 [261] INTERNATIONAL NUTRITION (3). Provides a broad overview of international nutrition research issues, programs and policies. Topics will include micronutrient deficiencies, child feeding and growth, determinants of under- and over-nutrition, chronic disease and nutrition, food fortification and supplementation and nutrition intervention programs and policy. Fall. Adair and Bentley.
NUTR 750 [262] INTERNATIONAL NUTRITION: SPECIAL TOPICS (1). Prerequisite, NUTR 745. Follow-up in greater detail of selected issues discussed in NUTR 745. Two seminar hours per week. Spring. Adair.
NUTR 753 [354] QUALITATIVE EVALUATION AND RESEARCH METHODS (HBHE 753) (3). Prerequisite, HBHE 750 or equivalent. Theoretical and methodological approaches of applied medical anthropology for health program development and evaluation. Field methods for collecting and analyzing data through observation, interviewing, group methods and case studies. Spring. Maman.
NUTR 780 PUBLIC HEALTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP (3) Prerequisite, approval of instructor (complete application—www.unc.edu/cei/grad). Basic concept underlying commercial and social entrepreneurship applied to public health, including guest lectures by individuals with proven success in these areas. Spring. Ammerman and Pomp.
NUTR 810 [254] PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH (EPID 810) (3). Prerequisite, EPID 600 or equivalent. This course provides an overview of major issues in physical activity measurement, population distribution, correlates, impacts (physically and economically) and public health recommendations. Interventions, including relevant theories, will be reviewed. Fall. Ward.
NUTR 811 DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION INTERVENTION (HBHE 811) (1–3). Prerequisite, NUTR 680 or permission of the instructor. Understanding of the role and application of both theory and empirical data n the design and development of effective behavior change interventions, with particular focus on changing nutrition behaviors. Fall. Tate.
NUTR 813 [259] NUTRITIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (EPID 813) (3). Prerequisites, EPID 600 or 710 and BIOS 600 or equivalent. This course reviews current topics in nutritional epidemiology and teaches the skills needed for critical evaluation of the nutritional epidemiologic literature. Spring. He.
NUTR 814 [361] OBESITY EPIDEMIOLOGY (EPID 814) (3). Prerequisites, EPID 600 or 710 and BIOS 600. Examines epidemiology research on the causes, consequences and prevention of obesity. Emphasis on methodological issues pertinent to obesity research. Spring. (Alternate years.) Stevens.
NUTR 815 [362] DIET AND CANCER (EPID 815) (3). Prerequisites, EPID 600 or 710, BIOS 600, EPID 771 and NUTR 813 (or equivalents). Examines and critically evaluates epidemiologic research on relationships of diet-related exposures with cancer etiology, prevention and survivorship. Emphasis on skills for conducting, analyzing and interpreting diet and cancer epidemiologic studies. Fall. (Alternate years.) Satia.
NUTR 818 [360] ANALYTICAL METHODS IN NUTRITIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (EPID 818) (3). Prerequisites, EPID 600 or 710, NUTR 813 and BIOS 545, or permission of the instructor. This course teaches the skills and techniques required to study dietary exposures, anthropometric status, and disease outcomes. Students will gain skills in analysis and interpretation of anthropometric data. Concepts and applications include quantification and measurement of dietary intake, use and management of nutrition monitoring data sets, application and interpretation of epidemiologic and statistical methods for the analysis of these data (such as linear and logistic regression and hazard modeling) and appropriate use and interpretation of anthropometric indices. Fall. (Alternate years.) Adair.
NUTR 820 [351] ADVANCED PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION MANAGEMENT (3). Prerequisite, M.P.H. degree or permission of the instructor. Analysis of policy development and management techniques used in the public and private sectors with relevance to the development and management of nutrition policy and programs. Spring. (Alternate years.) Dodds.
NUTR 845 [305] NUTRITIONAL METABOLISM (3). Prerequisite, NUTR 600 or equivalent. A problem-based approach to examine current topics in biochemistry relevant to nutrition and metabolism. Students interpret data and design experiments related to recent advances in nutritional biochemistry. Spring. Coleman and Nutrition Biochemistry faculty.
NUTR 850 [315] NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY: METABOLISM AND LONGEVITY (3). Prerequisite, NUTR 600 and 620 or equivalent. Reviews the current evidence that links metabolism and longevity in humans and experimental models. Spring. (Alternating years.) Combs.
NUTR 860 [311] ADVANCED NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY: GENETICS AND GENOMICS (2). Prerequisite, NUTR 600 or equivalent. Concepts of genetics and tools of genomics as applied to obesity and other complex traits impacted by nutrition. Spring. (Alternating years). Pomp.
NUTR 861 [312] ADVANCED NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY: NUTRITION AND IMMUNOLOGY (2). Prerequisites, NUTR 600 and 620 or equivalent. Presents an understanding of basic immunology and the role of nutrition in modifying the immune response. Spring. (Alternate years.) Beck.
NUTR 867 [322] NUTRIENTS AND DISEASE: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (2). Prerequisites, NUTR 110 and 120 or equivalent. Presents an understanding of molecular and physiological events preceding cardiovascular diseases and the role of nutrition in the prevention of modification of risk and treatment. Fall. (Alternating years.) Switzer.
NUTR 868 [323] NUTRIENTS AND DISEASE: BRAIN FUNCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (2). Prerequisites, NUTR 600 and 620 or equivalent. Seminar on nutrients that influence brain and neuron development and function. Spring. (Alternating years.) Zeisel.
NUTR 875 [335] NUTRITION POLICY SEMINAR (2). Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. Doctoral seminar to introduce federal policy strategies for monitoring and improving nutritional status of populations. Five policy areas will be covered: national nutrition objectives/planning strategies, dietary guidance, nutrition surveillance/monitoring, economic policy as related to federal feed programs and policy analysis. Fall. Ammerman.
NUTR 880 [371] ELEMENTS OF BEING A SCIENTIST (3). Prerequisites, doctoral students ready to formulate dissertation focus. Focuses on key elements that contribute to a successful career as a scientific researcher. These include scientific presentations, scientific photography and graphics, writing a scientific manuscript and evaluating published manuscripts, grant writing and sources of funding, peer review, use of animals and humans in research and scientific ethics. Fall. Popkin and Zeisel.
NUTR 885 [373] DOCTORAL SEMINAR (1). This course is designed for doctoral and master of science students only. Critical review of current literature in nutritional biochemistry, intervention and policy, and population-based nutrition science. Focuses on the development of skills in reviewing and criticizing articles. Fall (Adair and Sheridan); spring (Ward and Niculescu).
NUTR 910 [375] NUTRITION RESEARCH (1–9). Individual arrangements with faculty for doctoral students to participate in ongoing research. Fall, spring and summer. Faculty.
NUTR 920 [374] RESEARCH ROTATIONS FOR NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY DOCTORAL STUDENTS (1–3). Three laboratory or research group rotations supervised by Nutritional Biochemistry faculty. Provides a breadth of research experience for students prior to selecting dissertation advisor. Up to six laboratory hours per week. Fall, spring and summer. da Costa.
NUTR 992 [392] MASTER'S PAPER (3–6). Fall, spring and summer. Faculty.
NUTR 993 [393] MASTER'S THESIS (3–6). Fall, spring and summer. Faculty.
NUTR 994 [394] DOCTORAL DISSERTATION (3–9). Fall, spring and summer. Faculty.