Ph.D. Degree in Animal and Nutritional Sciences

The Ph.D. in animal and nutritional sciences trains students to gain advanced knowledge and develop research expertise in such areas as the cellular and molecular biology of various nutrients, nutritional physiology and biochemistry, vascular biology and cardiovascular disease, immunology and genetics, obesity and diabetes, dairy nutrition, human nutrition, reproductive physiology and endocrinology, biotechnology, and biomedicine. It prepares students for future careers in technical consulting, education, and research in academic, industrial, and government institutions.