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Course ListingsFall 2012NutritionSections02585 NUTR030401 ARR Coates, Jennife 1.0 Tue 2-5 PmJaharis,bostonCampusNUTR0305NUTRITIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGYThis course is designed for graduate students at either the Master's orPh.D. level, who are interested in conducting or better interpretingepidemiologic studies relating diet and nutrition to health and disease.There is an increasing awareness that various aspects of diet andnutrition may be important contributing factors in chronic disease. Thereare many important problems, however, in the implementation andinterpretation of nutritional epidemiologic studies. The purpose of thiscourse is to examine epidemiologic methodology in relation tonutritional measures, and to review the current state of knowledgeregarding diet and other nutritional indicators as etiologic factors indisease. This course is designed to enable students to better conductnutritional epidemiologic research and/or to better interpret the scientificliterature in which diet or other nutritional indicators are factors understudy. This course was formerly listed as NUTR 213B.Prerequisites: NUTR 201 or 202, NUTR 204, and NUTR 209/309 orNUTR 207/307.Sections02587 NUTR030501 ARR Bhupathiraju,sh 1.0 T 9-10:30 Fri12:30-2 JaharisBoston CampusNUTR0306COMMUNICAT HLTH INFO IIA review and analysis of how nutrition and health issues are presentedby the media. This course will reinforce concrete journalism skills andan understanding of the values and practices required of a competentand thoughtful writer and is structured around class discussions,selected readings, and writing and editing assignments. Classroomdiscussions and assignments will also focus on how to reportcontroversial issues in nutrition and health. This course was formerlylisted as NUTR 201B.Prerequisites: NUTR 205 and NUTR 220 or instructor consent.Enrollment priority is given to Nutrition Communication programstudents.Sections02589 NUTR030601 ARR Larusso, Laurie 0.5 Wed 6-7:30P.m. JaharisBoston CampusNUTR0311NUTRITION DATA ANALYSISThis course will cover knowledge of advanced Stata statisticalcomputing, data base construction, error detection and correction;creation of composite variables; descriptive statistics; univariateanalyses, including ANOVA, regression, and factor analysis; and theconstruction of scales and factor scores. Students pose a researchquestion, identify appropriate statistical techniques for answering theresearch question, perform the analyses and report on the results in anarticle suitable for publication in an academic journal. Advanced Stataprogramming will be taught in weekly hands on lab sessions.Prerequisites: NUTR 207 and NUTR 307 or instructor consent.Sections02591NUTR031101 ARR Houser, Robert 1.0 Jaharis,bostonFri 1-4 PmNUTR0315APPLIED NUTR BIOCHEMThis course will focus on human nutrition and metabolism. Emphasiswill be placed on the biological ramifications of altering substrate loadand essential nutrients caused by intended and unintended changes indietary intake. The functional and regulatory roles of macronutrientsand micronutrients will be stressed. Additional components of thecourse will include integrating nutrition policy with nutrition science.Students will be guided in connecting the lay and scientific literature inthe areas of biochemistry and nutrition, and exploring how each informsthe other. Opportunities will be available for preparing short writtenreports and oral presentations on contemporary research issues relatedto the essential nutrients and current topics. Current challenges in thefield of nutrition will be related to the lecture material.Prerequisites: NUTR 201 or 202 or equivalent and one undergraduatelevel biochemistry course taken within the past five years, or instructorconsent.Sections02593 NUTR031501 ARR Lichtenstein, A 1.0 Thur 9-12 PmJaharis BostonCampusNUTR0321DIETARY ANTIOXIDANTSThis course will discuss the role of dietary antioxidants and pro-oxidantson the pathogenesis of degenerative diseases at molecular, cellular andwhole body level. The balance of pro-oxidants-antioxidants on freeradical generation, lipid peroxidation, protein oxidation, DNA damageand cell injury will be reviewed in the context of chronic and acutediseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis,Alzheimer's disease. This course emphasizes the role of dietaryantioxidant vitamins E and C, carotenoids, polyphenols, selenium, iron,zinc and copper on oxidative stress and antioxidant defensemechanisms. This course was formerly listed as NUTR 291DA.Prerequisites: Undergraduate chemistry, biochemistry, physiology, andbiology.Sections03918 NUTR032101 ARR Meydani, Mohsen 0.5NUTR0333AGRICULTURE SCI & POL IISecond part of a two-semester sequence required of AFE students.This course covers the major biological, chemical and physicalcomponents of agricultural systems. Each is discussed from theviewpoints of both the underlying natural processes and principles, andtheir significance for major agricultural, food safety, and environmentalpolicy issues in the US today. In this second semester, the topics arebest management practices, livestock systems, food systems, climatechange and bio-energy. Major policy issues associated with theseareas include protecting groundwater from nitrogen contamination;regulating and monitoring pesticide use; regulating agriculturalbiotechnology; and regulating "factory" animal production.Prerequisites: NUTR 215 and NUTR 233.Sections02603NUTR033301 ARR Griffin, Timoth 1.0NUTR0335SR CLINICAL ROTATIONSRequired of senior standing students enrolled in the Combined DieteticInternship/Masters Degree program. Grading isSatisfactory/Unsatisfactory. Formerly NUTR 880.Prerequisites: Graduate standing or instructor consent.Sections02604NUTR033501 TBA Kane, Kelly 0.0NUTR0370NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRYRequired of all students in the Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition andNutritional Epidemiology programs. The course will expandunderstanding of the biological roles of nutrients and their metabolismusing basic knowledge in physiology, biochemistry, cell biology andmolecular biology. It will integrate information on the roles ofmacronutrients in nutrition and health especially on their relationship tocardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer, as well as provide aforum for discussing the experimental approaches to studyingmacronutrient metabolism and function. NUTR 370 is an advancedcourse in the nutrition sciences and will cover topics related tocarbohydrates and energy metabolism, fiber, protein and amino acids,and lipids. Students are expected to be familiar with the materialcovered in NUTR 202, as well as the biochemistry and physiologycourses offered at Tufts.Prerequisites: NUTR 201 or 202, BCHM 223, NUTR 208, or equivalent.SectionsTufts University Course Listings, Fall 2012Page 133