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Robert J Cousins
Eminent Scholar, Boston Family Professor, and Director of the Center for Nutritional Studies

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Center for Nutritional Sciences (IFAS)
University:	University of Florida
Director:	Robert J. Cousins
Address:	201 Food Science Bldg., PO Box 110370 Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone:	(352) 392-2133
Fax:	3523921008
E-mail:	cousins@ufl.edu
URL:	http://nutritionalsciences.centers.ufl.edu
Type:	University Institute or Center
Mission:	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.
Research Descriptors:	Biochemistry