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MD-PhD Pre-Doctoral Fellowships in Nutrition

The Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program and the Division of Nutrition at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health's Department of Nutrition seek to recruit physician-scientist trainees who will receive dedicated support for pre-doctoral MD-PhD studies as part of an NIH T32 award, entitled "Postdoctoral Training Program: Training Grant in Academic Nutrition". 

PhD level graduate study will be offered through the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) in the following areas:

Applicants for the Biological Sciences in Public Health PhD program follow the same processes outlined for the basic science PhD programs.  Applicants for the Population Health Sciences PhD program follow the same processes outlined for the social science PhD programs.

Additional Information: The Training Grant in Academic Nutrition brings together the academic and institutional resources of the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, fostering close interactions between trainees and faculty, including 31 preceptors. The Principal Investigators, Dr. Frank Hu and Dr. Christopher Duggan, have established strong and vibrant pre- and post-doctoral programs. The Training Program has successfully recruited outstanding cohorts of applicants including physicians who demonstrate dedication to nutritional science research. Our program provides training in four key areas: Nutritional Biochemistry/Genomics/Metabolomics/Microbiome, Human/Clinical/Global Nutrition, Nutritional Epidemiology, and Public Health Nutrition. Our overall goal is to incorporate concepts, approaches, and scientific tools from both the basic and applied sciences so that trainees are able to transcend conventional specialty boundaries. We have created a highly integrated program to fulfill the training needs for nutritional scientists of the 21st century.  The degrees offered are the PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry under the program in the Biological Sciences of Public Health and the PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology or Public Health Nutrition under the program in Population Health Sciences. Regardless of the selected track, all PhD candidates will complete didactic coursework involving both basic biochemical and molecular concepts and advanced training in quantitative sciences, including epidemiology and biostatistics. All trainees participate in rigorous hands-on preceptor-guided nutritional science research guided by scientists who are at the cutting edge of their fields. Graduates of the program have a strong record of achieving academic independence, including obtaining grant support and publishing high impact studies.

Eligibility: U.S. citizens, non-citizen U.S. nationals, or those lawfully admitted for permanent residence. Individuals who have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence must have a currently valid Permanent Resident Card (USCIS Form I-551) or other legal verification of such status.