1) serve as a focal point for coordination of the University's nutrition activities; 2) foster collaborative research ventures in nutritional sciences; 3) encourage and facilitate entry of superior students into graduate study in nutrition; 4) encourage integration of basic nutritional science into clinical and applied nutrition; 5) promote quality in nutrition research and education; 6) provide a mechanism to enhance extramural funding; and 7) act as a state resource base in nutritional science. The Center for Nutritional Sciences was a key factor in creating a Doctoral Program in Nutritional Science at UF. That program was approved by the BOG on June 18, 2009. The program currently has 27 doctoral students and 4 PhD graduates.
