The Department of Nutritional Sciences is one of the few departments of nutrition in North America to be located within a Faculty of Medicine. This, together with its close linkages with the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, allows the department to fully explore the relationships between nutrition and human health and disease, and to influence clinical practice and public health programs. It also creates unique opportunities for collaboration with the highest concentration of University-affiliated hospitals, clinicians, and health researchers in North America.
Although the department is centered in the Basic Sciences sector of the Faculty, its activities include not only basic science but also clinical and community aspects of nutrition and food and nutrition policy. These activities that range from “bench to bedside to populations” make it a model of integration within the whole of the health sciences complex at U of T, enabling a full exploration of the relationships between nutrition and human health to influence both clinical practice and public health policy.
Applicants interested in pursuing a Master of Public Health degree in Nutrition and Dietetics are advised to consult the calendar entry of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health for details.