Food as Medicine

3 Credits.

Food as Medicine explores how diet influences disease progression and health outcomes through the lens of the gut microbiome. Coursework will emphasize the immunological and physiological mechanisms underlying diet-mediated effects on human health including how factors like affordability, access to foods adhering to public health standards of high-quality nutrition, education, and continuous access to medical care and nutrition support programs can modulate the benefits of health-promoting diets on a population scale. This course emphasizes active, collaborative learning through primary literature, presentations and real-world problem-solving. This is a Gordis Teaching Fellowship course. Priority registration is given to Public Health Studies majors. Other students will be permitted to register as space allows.