Do what you love
If you like eating, cooking, helping other people, interested in healthy eating and lifestyle, and if you are aspiring to be a health professional, you may love research experience as a member of our team.
Our research is focused on two areas:
- Dietary/lifestyle intervention of chronic diseases
- Reducing food and nutrition insecurity by working with locally owned grocery stores, and non-profit organizations in our community
Graduate Students aiming PhD and thesis-MS
A small number of graduate student position may become available in my lab. A graduate study in our lab will enable you to become a highly trained nutrition expert in the areas of clinical, teaching, public health, and science communications to name a few. The goal is you receive stable income for the service you love, and appreciation from patients, students and community members.
For a PhD student, having an MS/registered dietitian (RD) credential is preferred, but not required. RD may be obtained concurrently during graduate research. Also, a graduate student who seeks thesis-MS or thesis-MS/RD may be accepted.
Most students start in fall semester, and typically, recruitment communication begins about a year before.
Research opportunities for undergraduate and non-thesis graduate students
Our lab provides research opportunities for research credits to undergraduate students, and non-thesis track graduate students. We accept not only dietetics and nutrition students, also accept pre-health students aiming to be a health professional.
Our lab provides various research opportunities such as rigorous scientific methods, data analysis, science communications and team project management. Involving research will provide opportunities to apply what you learned in classrooms to real situations. We prefer committing for more than one semester. As you build experience, there is a leadership opportunity to lead a research team. To apply, please send your resume to mtnakamu@illinois.edu
