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Get a holistic perspective on health and nutrition.
You believe that nothing is more important than good health, and you are committed to helping people maintain theirs in all contexts: locally, globally, geographically, culturally, socially, and emotionally. In the Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, you can choose from a plethora of courses in numerous aspects of health and nutrition, from birth to old age. We provide a high-quality, multidisciplinary, critical perspective on community and public health, nutrition, exercise science, and thanatology. You will learn about health systems, health and nutrition policy and program development, social and natural components of health and disease, and health promotion. Your education will prepare you for rewarding careers in hospitals, community centers, public policy, private practice, and many other arenas.
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An important and vital part of the Health and Nutrition Sciences Department is our highly qualified faculty.
Assistant Professor of Health and Nutrition Sciences Garumma Tolu Feyissa is passionate about health equity policies and practices.
This 4-year project focuses on understanding the genetic and environmental influences on liking sweet tastes in two traditionally underrepresented populations in science, Black and Asian populations.
Assistant Professor Horlyck-Romanovsky and her students work to prevent Type 2 diabetes in New York City’s Black Caribbean communities.
Starved for Light: The Long Shadow of Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency—A Conversation With Author Christian Warren and Professor Kathleen Axen
For a Safe and Healthy World: Talk by a Nuclear-Bomb Survivor
Science Research Day
4123 Ingersoll Hall P: 718.951.5026 F: 718.951.4670
Associate Professor Xinyin Jiang P: 718.951.5000 ext. 2738
M.A. in Community Health; M.S. Health Teacher
Associate Professor Enrique Pouget P: 718.951.5000 ext. 2736
M.S. Sport Management (not accepting new students); M.S. Exercise Science and Rehabilitation (not accepting new students)
Associate Professor Raymond Leung P: 718.951.5000 ext. 6717
M.S. in Nutrition
Professor Kathleen Axen P: 718.951.5000 ext. 5026
Associate Professor Tracy Wong P: 718.951.5000 ext. 6287
Susan Jakuboski (M.S., R.D.N., C.D.N.) P: 718.951.5000 ext. 6699
Lecturer/Doctoral Scholar Patricia Cai P: 718.951.5000 ext. 6713
Associate Professor Roseanne Schnoll P: 718.951.5000 ext. 2745
Mondays–Thursdays, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Fridays, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
