Program in Nutrition and Health Sciences Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences Emory University

Emory's Program in Nutrition and Health Sciences

Emory's Program in Nutrition and Health Sciences [NHS] offers a Ph.D. degree through the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences [GDBBS] within the Laney Graduate School [LGS].

Our students obtain the skills necessary to investigate relationships between human nutrition and health and contribute to improving nutrition worldwide. The NHS faculty were recently ranked 4th in the US in terms of research productivity. Core strengths in metabolomics and predictive medicine, clinical nutrition, population-based intervention trials and epidemiology, and public nutrition programs ensure a quality training, whatever aspect of human nutrition inspires you.

The NHS program integrates three perspectives on nutrition: biochemical, clinical, and population. The biochemical level considers how nutrients participate in biochemical processes at the molecular level and affect processes such as gene expression. The clinical level is concerned with the impact of nutrition on individuals' metabolism and health, and with the role of nutrition in treating and managing disease. At the population level, nutrition science focuses on epidemiologic studies of diet and health, on the determinants of dietary practices, and on community based interventions to affect nutrition and improve health on a national and international level.

Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

The program is part of the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (GDBBS). When applying, all applicants will need to select GDBBS first on their application, and then add their primary program. Emory is unique in giving students an option to do dissertation work at the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

• Degrees Offered
• Major Degree Levels Offered
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

• Degrees Awarded
• Master's Degrees Not reported
• Doctoral Degrees 3
• First Professional Degrees Not reported
• Other Advanced Degrees Not reported
• * Shows the number of degrees awarded for the last academic year that data was reported.

• Earning Your Degree
• Part-time study available? No
• Evening/weekend programs available? No
• Distance learning programs available? No
• Terminal master's degree available? Yes

• Degree Requirements
• Master's Degrees Not reported
• Doctoral Degrees Required and Required
• First Professional Degrees Not reported
• Other Advanced Degrees Not reported

• Acceptance Rate
• Applied42
• Accepted8
• Acceptance Rate19%
• Enrolled5
• Applying
• Application Fee - Domestic $75
• Application Fee - International $75
• Electronic applications accepted? Yes
• Applications processed on a rolling basis? Not Reported
• Application Deadlines
• Type Domestic International Priority Date
• Fall deadline December 1st December 1st Not Reported
• Winter deadline Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported
• Spring deadline Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported
• Entrance Requirements
• Master's DegreesNot Reported
• Doctoral's DegreesGRE General Test, minimum GPA of 3.0 in science course work (recommended)
• First-Professional's DegreesNot Reported
• Other Advanced DegreesNot Reported
• International DegreesTOEFL required

• Tuition & Fees
• In-state tuition *$34,800
• Out-of-state tuition *$34,800
• International student tuitionNot Reported
• * Tuition for full-time graduate student per academic year
• Fees
• Per-academic year fees$1,300.00
• Per-term feesNot Reported
• One-time feeNot Reported
• * Fees for full-time graduate students
• Financial Support
• Financial award applicants must submitNot Reported
• Application deadlines for financial awardsNot Reported
• Types of financial support availableFellowships, Tuition Waivers, Health Care Benefits, Institutionally-sponsored Loans, Scholarship and/or loans

• Gender
• Total Graduate Students31
• Female Percentage97%
• Male Percentage3%
• Participation
• Total Graduate Students31
• Part-time Percentage0%
• Full-time Percentage100%
• Ethnicity
• Hispanic / Latino4%
• Black / African American0%
• White / Caucasian70%
• American Indian / Alaskan Native0%
• Asian11%
• Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander0%
• Two or more races4%
• Unknown11%

• Faculty Breakout
• Total Faculty47
• Full-time Percentage100%
• Part-time Percentage0%
• Female Percentage49%
• Male Percentage51%

• Existing Research
• Focus of faculty researchBiochemistry, molecular and cell biology, clinical nutrition, community and preventive health, nutritional epidemiology
• Externally sponsored research expenditures last yearNot Reported