Our mission is to discover, translate, and disseminate health-related advances in the nutrition, food, and exercise sciences.
Stephanie K. Goodwin, HNFE PhD candidate, was selected for a National Academies Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship in Washington, DC. this semester. She is working with the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine at The National Academies. Her assigned project focuses on developing food safety policy recommendations for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
AHA Heart Walk. On October 11th, HNFE Instructor Michelle Lewis lead a team of 9 HNFE students to participate in the American Heart Association's Heart Walk at Bisset Park in Radford. Most walked a 5K for the event, and the team raised $960 for heart disease prevention education and research. Kudos to Michelle and her students!
Listen to the radio broadcasts by two HNFE faculty, Drs. Elena Serrano and Brenda Davy for the weekly “Talk at the Table” radio show on WUVT (90.7 FM) (more...)
Upcoming Events
Seminars
- November 30 Madlyn Frisard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech.
- “Mitochondrial Biology in Health and Disease”
- December 07 Randall Mynatt, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
- “Carnitine and Insulin Resistance”
See our Fall seminar schedule for time and location information.