Oregon State University-Public Health(OSU)

School of Biological and Population Health Sciences:

Oregon State University-Public Health(OSU)

The School of Biological and Population Health Sciences comprises the fields of Exercise and Sport Science, Nutrition, and the Public Health disciplines of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, International Health, and Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety. These disciplinary approaches link individual biology and behavior to population and environmental health to better understand how environmental and behavioral factors, including food and nutrition, physical activity, water, pollution, carcinogens, biohazards, etc., influence the development and progression of biological disease. Applying the quantitative methods of epidemiology and biostatistics allows better understanding of the causes of population-level disease as well as methods of intervention and prevention.

Undergraduate Programs of Study:

Exercise and Sport Science

Nutrition

Graduate Programs of Study

Biostatistics

Environmental and Occupational Health

Epidemiology

Exercise and Sport Science

Nutrition

International Health

School of Biological and Population 

Nutrition Graduate Program:

Nutrition research is a highly integrative discipline that encompasses molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, clinical nutrition, public health and community nutrition; from Cells to Community.

Oregon State University-Public Health(OSU): PHD Program in Public Health

Our faculty’s research is also broad, covering a number of areas relevant to human health and the prevention of chronic disease, including metabolic bone disease, cancer, obesity and diabetes. The use of model organisms – coupled with cutting-edge research technologies (nutrigenomics, metabolomics and lipidomics) – enable our students and faculty to define the impact of nutrients and other dietary factors on human health. Our faculty is also engaged in applied, multi-disciplinary, community-based research that integrates nutrition, dietetics and physical activity. This research involves immersive learning environments such as mobile technology to track food choices and intake, as well as interventions via the virtual world to promote positive behavior change among youth and to prevent obesity and chronic disease.

Research in the Nutrition Graduate Program is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Agriculture, NASA, Department of Defense and other federal and state agencies and private industry. Several faculty are affiliated with the college’s research centers –Hallie E. Ford Center for Healthy Children and Families, Moore Family Center for Whole Grain Foods, Nutrition and Preventive Health, and the Center for Healthy Aging Research, as well as OSU’s Linus Pauling Institute.

Our goal is to provide qualified students the opportunity to pursue cutting-edge nutrition research focused on improving human health; and to prepare students for professional careers in academia, government or industry. The Nutrition Graduate Program is in the School of Biological and Population Health Sciences. The Program offers Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Nutrition.

Graduate students are funded through graduate teaching assistantships, graduate research assistantships and training grants. These funding mechanisms include a monthly stipend, tuition remission and health insurance. Additional financial information can be found at the Oregon State Graduate School's financing your education page.