Nutritional Sciences The Pennsylvania State University

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Nutritional Sciences The
Pennsylvania State University

• News Update

Gordon L Jensen, MD, PhD
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Department of Nutritional Sciences Faculty /
staff

• Full time faculty, n26
• Research scientists, n24
• Professional advisors, n2
• Support staff, n5
• Graduate program, courtesy, adjunct, and emeritus
  faculty, n32

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Department of Nutritional Sciences Students

• Undergraduate students, n334
• Degree Options - Applied Science, 83,
  Basic Science, 17
• Dietetic internship program, n8
• Graduate students, n40
• Degree Options MS and PhD

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Department of Nutritional Sciences Research
funding

• 2009-10
• 27 million in grant funding
• 60 awards across the faculty
• 4.4 awards per tenure-line faculty
• 79 of tenure-line faculty have at least one
  award as PI or investigator
• 11 faculty members have NIH support
• 5 faculty have NIH RO-1 grant awards

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Department of Nutritional Sciences Publications

• 2009-10
• 69 articles published
• 1 book published
• 5 chapters published
• 5.4 publications per tenure-line faculty member

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NRC Ranking of Graduate Nutrition Programs

• Penn State Nutritional Sciences is among the very
  top programs in the USA.
• R rankings 5th percentile 1 / 95th percentile 6
• S rankings 5th percentile 1 / 95th percentile
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• Among all programs at Penn State we had the 2nd
  highest R ranking and the 5th highest S ranking.

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Childhood Obesity Prevention Training Grant

• L. Birch, Director, G. Jensen, Co-Director,
  L. Mulfinger, Associate Program Director
• Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Human
  Development and Family Studies
• Center for Childhood Obesity Research
• 4.5 million over 5-years
• Will support training of 10 or more PhD students

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Experimental Biology 2011

• Students and post-docs will give 28 oral or
  poster research presentations and will be
  competing for prestigious awards.

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Opportunity to showcase our program

• Association of Nutrition Departments and Programs
  (ANDP) and Council of Food Science Administrators
  (CFSA)
• Annual joint meeting of department heads will be
  held at Penn State Nov. 8-10, 2011

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Nutrition and Dietetics Alumni Society

• Christine Taylor (President) and the NDAS Board
• Exciting new initiatives to grow participation,
  enthusiasm, and investment.
• Alumni Communication and Multiplier Network to
  promote dissemination of Department activities
  and initiatives including student, faculty, and
  alumni news.
• Quarterly electronic update by email

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Thank you to our outstanding faculty, staff, and
students! We are .. Penn State!
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Iron Chef 2011
Raised over 1500 for the Food Bank
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Iron Chef 2011