RESEARCH APPROACHES IN THE ERA OF PRECISION NUTRITION
Exploration of current challenges and research approaches related to the progress of nutritional sciences in the era of precision nutrition. Topics include limitations of population-based approaches to establishing dietary guidelines, hurdles to developing biomarkers for determining individual nutritional status, the impact of genetics, epigenetics, the microbiome, diet interactions, and other factors on nutritional and metabolic variability among people, and the ways in which precision nutrition can revolutionize how nutrition recommendations are devised and delivered to the public.
Topics
- limitations of population-based approaches to establishing dietary guidelines
- hurdles to developing biomarkers for determining individual nutritional status
- the impact of genetics
- epigenetics
- the microbiome
- diet interactions
- and other factors on nutritional and metabolic variability among people
- and the ways in which precision nutrition can revolutionize how nutrition recommendations are devised and delivered to the public
Topics explicitly listed in official catalogue description
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Critically evaluate current primary research literature in nutrition and metabolism Audience: Graduate 2. Identify the limitations of population-based nutrition recommendations and the challenges facing development of biomarkers of individual status Audience: Graduate 3. Distinguish the multitude of factors that create different nutritional needs among individuals and their metabolic heterogeneity Audience: Graduate 4. Analyze how nutritional guidance is communicated to the public now and predict how it will be communicated in the future Audience: Graduate 5. Explain state-of-the-art approaches to nutrition research and devise experiments, in the form of specific aims, for future research Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Critically evaluate current primary research literature in nutrition and metabolism Audience: Graduate 2. Identify the limitations of population-based nutrition recommendations and the challenges facing development of biomarkers of individual status Audience: Graduate 3. Distinguish the multitude of factors that create different nutritional needs among individuals and their metabolic heterogeneity Audience: Graduate 4. Analyze how nutritional guidance is communicated to the public now and predict how it will be communicated in the future Audience: Graduate 5. Explain state-of-the-art approaches to nutrition research and devise experiments, in the form of specific aims, for future research Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027