Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition

The Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Michigan State University offers nationally recognized academic programs, research and community outreach. Our department is home to nearly 40 faculty, over 40 graduate students, and over 500 undergraduate students across our three undergraduate majors: Dietetics, Food Science, and Nutritional Sciences.

We work to solve contemporary issues in food production, quality and safety, nutrient function and health and chronic disease prevention.

There are also many interdisciplinary opportunities across the Department of Food Science and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Recent Publications

Effects of aflatoxin on the immune system: Evidence from human and mammalian animal research

Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2023 06:00:00 -0400
Dietary exposure to cadmium from six common foods in the United States

Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2023 06:00:00 -0400
Community Gardening Increases Vegetable Intake and Seasonal Eating From Baseline to Harvest: Results from a Mixed Methods Randomized Controlled Trial

Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 06:00:00 -0400
Interrogating Components of 2 Diet Quality Indices in Pregnancy using a Supervised Statistical Mixtures Approach

Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 06:00:00 -0400
Designing and Evaluating Opioid Misuse Prevention Training for Rural Communities and Health Care Providers

Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 06:00:00 -0400

News

CANR provides rankings on department, unit initiatives around DEI

Published on May 3, 2023
The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will honor the 2023 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Badge Awards recipients at the CANR Faculty and Staff Reception on May 11.
CANR honors Bergholz and Lopez as 2023 Global Scholars in Research

Published on April 14, 2023
CANR to honor Teresa Bergholz, Ph.D., and Maria Claudia Lopez, Ph.D., as 2023 CANR Global Scholars in Research.
Food engineering alum provides leadership gift for Give Green Day

Published on March 16, 2023
Michigan State University (MSU) alumna Cassaundra Edwards, ’94 food engineering, together with two additional alumnae gave a collective $10,000 in leadership gifts to double the impact for students on Give Green Day.
MSU-led team receives $10M USDA grant to develop more resilient food systems

Published on February 9, 2023
The five-year project is funded by USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Leah Elston: 2022-2023 G. Malcolm Trout Scholarship Recipient

Published on January 12, 2023
Leah Elston, FSHN Dietetics student, shares her experience with the program and what receiving the G. Malcolm Trout Undergraduate Scholarship has meant for her undergraduate experience.