1.
What sort of work am I qualified to do when I graduate from this program?
The public health nutritionist is generally employed in the public
sector, in local, state, or federal government health departments.
Other employment options include the administration of community nutrition
programs and work with private agencies interested in promoting nutrition
and health education.
2.
What kind of activities are included in the PHN Program?
Nutritional Epidemiology:
The study of nutrition and diet relationships to the etiology,
pathogenesis and prevention of disease, e.g. diet and heart disease,
diet and cancer.
Nutritional
Surveillance:
The ongoing monitoring of the nutritional status of population groups,
including dietary intake data, anthropometric, biochemical, clinical
and environmental data.
Nutrition
Policy Development and Implementation:
The utilization of data from a wide variety of sources in the formation
of specific nutrition policy for specific population groups. e.g.
dietary guidelines for the school-age child, or the allocation of
limited nutrition resources to populations at greatest risk.
Community
Nutrition:
The development of nutrition education programs/materials for specific
populations.
3.
How much does it cost?
See http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/bursar/subpages/tuitionandfees.shtml
4.
Who are the faculty advisors?
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Arlene Spark,
EdD, RD, FADA, FACN, is the Coordinator of Nutrition & Food Science
(BS degree) and Public Health Nutrition (MPH degree). She advises
current, matriculated MPH Nutrition students.
Phone: 212-481-7590 Fax: 212-481-5260 E-mail: aspark@hunter.cuny.edu
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Ming Yeh, PhD, advises prospective MPH Nutrition students. E-mail: myeh@hunter.cuny.edu Phone: 212-481-7590
Khursheed Navder, PhD, RD, is the DPD (undergraduate) advisor. Dr. Navder also advises "second degree" students. The "second degree" is for indivduals who wish to become a Registered Dietitician (RD) but have not pursued undergraduate coursework in nutrition. For more information, see the NFS second degre link on the NFS-BS webpage. Phone: 212-481-5118 Fax: 212-481-5260 E-mail: knavder@hunter.cuny.edu
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Allison Marshall, MS, RD,CDN is the director of the Dietetic Internship
program and advisor to anyone interested in ap-plying to the Hunter
College Dietetic Internship. Phone: 212-481-5154 Fax: 212-481-5260
E-mail allimarshall1234@aol.com
See
also the faculty page.
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