Nutritional Sciences

Nutritional Sciences: Introduction

Faculty Affiliation

Medicine

Degree Programs

Nutritional Sciences

MSc and PhD

Combined Degree Programs

MD / PhD

Collaborative Specializations

The following collaborative specializations are available to students in participating degree programs as listed below:

Food Studies
- Nutritional Sciences, MSc, PhD
Global Health (U of T Scholar)
- Nutritional Sciences, PhD
Public Health Policy
- Nutritional Sciences, MSc, PhD
Women's Health
- Nutritional Sciences, MSc, PhD
Toxicology
- Nutritional Sciences, MSc, PhD

Overview

The Department of Nutritional Sciences is one of the few departments of nutrition in North America to be located within a Faculty of Medicine. This, together with its close linkages with the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, allows the department to fully explore the relationships between nutrition and human health and disease, and to influence clinical practice and public health programs. It also creates unique opportunities for collaboration with the highest concentration of University-affiliated hospitals, clinicians, and health researchers in North America.

Although the department is centered in the Basic Sciences sector of the Faculty, its activities include not only basic science but also clinical and community aspects of nutrition and food and nutrition policy. These activities that range from “bench to bedside to populations” make it a model of integration within the whole of the health sciences complex at U of T, enabling a full exploration of the relationships between nutrition and human health to influence both clinical practice and public health policy.

Applicants interested in pursuing a Master of Public Health degree in Nutrition and Dietetics are advised to consult the calendar entry of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health for details.

Contact and Address

Web: nutrisci.med.utoronto.ca
Email: grad.nutrisci@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-6071
Fax: (416) 978-5882

Department of Nutritional Sciences
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Medical Sciences Building, 5th Floor, Room 5253A
1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8

Nutritional Sciences: Graduate Faculty

Full Members

Allard, Johane - MD

Anderson, Harvey - BSc, MSc, PhD

Bandsma, Robert - MD

Bazinet, Richard - BSc, PhD (Acting Chair and Graduate Chair; Associate Chair, Research and Innovation)

Boyd, Norman - MD

Comelli, Elena - MSc, PhD (Graduate Coordinator, Admissions and Awards)

Courtney-Martin, Glenda - BASc, MSc, PhD

El-Sohemy, Ahmed - BSc, MSc, PhD

Hamilton, Jill - BSc, MSc, MD

Hanley, Anthony - BSc, MSc, PhD (Associate Chair, Graduate Education)

Jenkins, David Ja - BA, MA, MD, MB, BS, PhD

Kim, Young-In - MD

Kotsopoulos, Joanne - BSc, MSc, PhD

L'Abbé, Mary - BSc, MSc, PhD

Leiter, Lawrence - BSc, MD

Ma, David - BSc, PhD

Maguire, Jonathon - BSc, MSc, MSc, MD

Narod, Steven - BSc, MD

O'Connor, Deborah - BASc, MS, PhD (Chair and Graduate Chair)

Pencharz, Paul - MD, MB, ChB

Roth, Daniel - BSc, MSc, MD

Sellen, Daniel - BA, AM, PhD

Sherman, Philip - MD

Sievenpiper, John - BASc, MFS, MD, PhD

Tarasuk, Valerie - BA, BEd, BASc, MSc, PhD

Tomlinson, Christopher - BSc, MBCHB, PhD

Vuksan, Vladimir - BSc, MSc, PhD

Ward, Wendy - BASc, MSc, PhD

Zlotkin, Stanley - BSc, MD, PhD

Members Emeriti

Bruce, Robert - BSc, LMCC, MSc, MD, PhD

Jeejeebhoy, Khursheed - MB, PhD

Krondl, Maria - BSc, PhD

Rao, A. Venketeshwer - BSc, MSc, PhD

Thompson, Lilian - BSc, MSc, PhD

Wolever, Thomas - BA, MSc, MA, BM, BCh, PhD

Associate Members

Arcand, Jo Anne - BSc, MSc, PhD

Asztalos, Elizabeth - BScN

Ball, Ronald - BSc, MSc, PhD

Birken, Catherine - MSc, MD

Boucher, Beatrice Ann - BSc, MHSc

Chiavaroli, Laura - BSc, MSc, PhD

Fox, Ann - BAA, MHSc, PhD

Garcia-Bailo, Bibiana - BA, MS, PhD

Hulst, Jessie - MD

Levitt, Anthony - MBBS, DGO, MB

Metherel, Adam - BSc, MSc, PhD

Miliku, Kozeta - MSc, MD, DSc, PhD

Musa-Veloso, Kathy - BSc, MSc, PhD

Yeung, David - BA, MA, PhD

Nutritional Sciences: Nutritional Sciences MSc, PhD Courses

Not all courses are offered every year. Please consult the department regarding course offerings.

Course Code	Course Title
NFS1201H	Public Health Nutrition
NFS1204Y⁰	Master's Seminars in Nutritional Sciences (Credit/No Credit)
NFS1212H	Regulation of Food Composition, Health Claims, and Safety
NFS1216H	Selected Topics in Nutrition
NFS1218H	Recent Advances in Nutritional Sciences I
NFS1220H	Clinical Nutrition
NFS1222H	Recent Advances in Nutritional Sciences II: Diet and Cardiovascular
NFS1223H	Dietary Carbohydrate and Glycaemic Index in Health and Disease
NFS1224H	Nutritional Epidemiology
NFS1226H	Nutrition and Cancer
NFS1301H	Directed Reading in Nutritional Sciences
NFS1304Y⁰	Doctoral Seminars in Nutritional Sciences (Credit/No Credit)
NFS1484H	Advanced Nutrition

⁰ Course that may continue over a program. Credit is given when the course is completed.