Department of Nutrition
Introduction
The Department of Nutrition is one of the top-ranked nutrition departments in the country. The curriculum offers a wide range of courses on the nutritional, epidemiological, intervention, and policy aspects of human diseases.
Advising
All majors have a primary academic advisor in the department. Undergraduate students are encouraged to meet regularly with their advisor and review their Tar Heel Tracker each semester. Advisors, the program director, and the Office of Student Affairs staff work with current and prospective majors by appointment (see the "Contacts" tab at the top of this page). Departmental academic advising is particularly important for those majors who are considering going on to graduate school. Further information on courses, undergraduate research opportunities, the honors program, careers, and graduate schools may be obtained from the department’s website.
Distinguished Professors
Linda Adair, Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Alice Ammerman, Mildred Kaufman Distinguished Professor
Penny Gordon-Larsen, W. R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Vice Chancellor for Research
Stephen Hursting, AICR/WCRF Distinguished Professor
Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor, Dean of Graduate School
Barry Popkin, W.R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor
Susan Smith, Dickson-Harris Teeter Distinguished Professor
Professors
Andrea M. Azcarate-Peril*
Cynthia Bulik*
Shufa Du
Anthony Hackney*
Thomas Keyserling*
Sergey Krupenko
Nobuyo Maeda*
ShuWen Ng
S. Raza Shaikh, Chair
Abbie Smith-Ryan*
Mirek Styblo
Susan Sumner
Deborah Tate
Amanda Thompson*
Saroja Voruganti
Associate Professors
John Batsis*
Melissa Bauserman*
Ian Carroll, B.S.P.H. and M.S. Program Co-Director
Amanda Holliday, M.P.H.-N&D Program Director
Folami Ideraabdullah*
Natalia Krupenko
Sandra Mooney
Carmen Samuel-Hodge
Lindsey Smith Taillie, Associate Chair for Academics
Kimberly Truesdale, M.P.H.-NUTR Program Director
Carmina Valle, Associate Chair for Research
Assistant Professors
Seema Agrawal
Ximena Bustamante Marin, B.S.P.H. and M.S. Program Co-Director
Michael Coleman
Molly De Marco
Beth Jenks
Anna Kahkoska
Stephanie Martin
Kamaria Mason
Katie Meyer
Brooke Nezami
Wimal Pathmasiri
Blake Rushing
Nipun Saini
Jessica Soldavini
Isis Trujillo
Matthew Ulgherait
Heather Wasser
*Primary appointment is in another UNC department; faculty's secondary appointment is Nutrition.
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