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The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Nutrition Sciences is recognized globally for our ongoing contributions to the field of nutrition science. Now we are taking our curriculum to a new level by incorporating a focus on lifestyle wellness. Lifestyle wellness is about engaging in a lifestyle that not only prevents and treats diseases, it allows you to live your best life. Transformative researchers within the department are exploring the role nutrition plays in obesity, diabetes, cancer, and more using animal models (such as fruit flies, mice, and elephants) as well as clinical, community, and population research. Our students come from all over the country and the world to learn, bringing new perspectives while enhancing UAB’s diverse student body.

We are proud to offer an undergraduate major in Biobehavioral Nutrition & Wellness and a Nutrition minor. Our graduate programs include multiple master’s degree tracks with clinical and research focus, as well as a Ph.D. in Nutrition Sciences. With support from two NIH-funded comprehensive research centers on-site, UAB’s Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) and Diabetes Research Center(DRC), graduate students have the opportunity to work one-on-one with internationally renowned faculty and gain exposure to a wide range of topics in the field.

Our department is dedicated to – and excited about – training the next leaders in our field. If you’re passionate about nutrition science and lifestyle wellness, join us!

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Our students hail from different countries, cultures, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Their unique life experiences create an enriched learning environment that elicits the development of skills and compassion that benefit each other beyond UAB.

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