NS 6200

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NS 6200
Translational Research and Evidence-Based Policy and Practice in Nutrition

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This team taught graduate nutrition course addresses the frameworks used in evidenced-based approaches and decision making to set nutrition policy and practice guidelines where emerging and conflicting scientific data are commonplace. The course format is 50% lecture-based with content lectures given by experts in the subject area, and 50% discussion based, with interactive discussions and case-study discussions facilitated by practice and policy guest experts using videoconferencing.


Enrollment Priority Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2023SP, 2021SP, 2019SP

Outcomes

  • Relate and explain how available scientific information is used to develop research that translates basic to applied science, applied science to mechanistic inquiry, evidence-based clinical care, expert committee guidance, and public health policies.
  • Evaluate, as a result of this course, translational research approaches and the use of scientific evidence to inform policy making at the national and international levels.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits S/U NoAud

  •  7615 NS 6200   LEC 001

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    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Finkelstein, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: Division of Nutritional Sciences (DNS) graduate students. Open to non-DNS graduate students in add period. Please send questions about enrollment in this class to the DNS Student Services office, dnsstudentservices@cornell.edu.