Program Contact:

Mateja R. Savoie-Roskos, PhD, MPH, RD, FAND
Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Student Services; College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences

Associate Professor, MPH Program Director; Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences
m ateja.savoie@usu.edu; 435-797-5777

Program Description

This 100% online Master of Public Health (MPH) in Public Health Nutrition degree includes interdisciplinary training in nutrition-related sciences and prepares students with skills and competencies essential for leadership and administrative positions in public health nutrition. Potential positions include public health nutritionist, nutritional epidemiologist, program coordinator, public health educator, executive director, and nutrition services supervisor. These positions can be found in a variety of governmental, academic, nonprofit, and for-profit settings, including state and local public health departments, colleges and universities, health care organizations, Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), food banks, food pantries, nutrition education programs such as SNAP-Ed and EFNEP, community action agencies, and anti-hunger/poverty organizations, among many others.

Students learn about designing, implementing, and evaluating nutrition-related programs and policies to improve the health and well-being of local, national, and global populations. The land grant setting of Utah State University provides unique opportunities for the study of the relationship between human nutritional status and health with strong academic and research programs in nutritional epidemiology, federal, and community nutrition programs, USU Extension nutrition outreach programs, food science, food safety, agricultural practices, animal health, climate change, environmental sciences and much more. This program is 100% online, so students can complete the program from anywhere around the world. This program can be pursued part-time or full-time.

The MPH Public Health Nutrition program is considered a professional non-thesis (Plan C) program. Students must complete an Applied Practice Experience (APE) and write a capstone paper, also known as the Integrative Learning Experience (ILE). Students should contact their advisor early in their program to start planning their APE and ILE, to ensure that all degree requirements will be met, and that all appropriate paperwork has been sent to the School of Graduate Studies (SGS).

The USU Public Health Nutrition and Veterinary Public Health MPH programs are accredited Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) programs. This accreditation addresses the Public Health Nutrition and Veterinary Public Health MPH concentrations only. Other degrees and areas of study offered are not included in the unit of accreditation review. Please visit CEPH.org to learn more.

Master of Public Health: Public Health Nutrition Specialization - MPH

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