• The Ph.D. program allows extensive research and study in any one of our department’s specialized program areas. Doctoral students are provided with customized training in research methodologies; effective grant writing; dissemination of research findings at scientific conferences and in published journals and books; teaching students and the public in academic and community settings; and making scholarly contributions to the profession and society.
  • Careers for FDN students completing a Ph.D. include positions as university faculty, government agency experts and scientists in the food and pharmaceutical industries.