The UC Berkeley Public Health Nutrition Program trains future leaders in food and nutrition research, policy, and practice to identify current and emerging public health nutrition challenges and solutions with an emphasis on social determinants of health and systems level change.
The program is structured to provide students with the skills needed to contribute to scientific understanding of public health nutrition challenges, create healthy food systems, identify and advocate for effective food policies, and plan, implement, and evaluate programs to improve population nutrition and health. We seek to train people who want to lead at the local, state, national, and global levels in tackling nutrition challenges and improving population diet and health. This program offers training in core public health skills and specifically focuses on nutrition policy, epidemiology, and food systems, as well as overall critical thinking, analysis, and leadership skills.