Mission Statement:
The mission of the Department of Nutrition and Integrated Health Sciences is to develop practitioner-scholars who enhance the quality of life for others and communities through interprofessional education, service, and scholarship in the fields of habilitative and rehabilitative sciences.
Vision:
Preparing students to fulfill their academic and professional goals through a transformative educational journey.
Core Values:
Quality Collaboration Service Diversity Honesty Respect & Humility
The Department of Nutrition and Integrated Health Sciences, housed within ETSU's School of Clinical Sciences is a fast growing, multidisciplinary department with tenured, tenure-track, clinical, and adjunct faculty and support staff offering undergraduate and graduate programs in nutrition and dietetics, a graduate certificate in sport nutrition, and a bachelor's degree in Nutrition and Integrated Health Services.
The department is housed within the College of Health Sciences, which is one of five colleges that comprise East Tennessee State University’s Academic Health Sciences Center, and is one of less than 100 such facilities in the country. The AHSC offers a robust combination of health sciences programs and patient-care facilities that operate outside of silos to provide a truly interprofessional experience.
Our faculty possess significant clinical and academic experience from a variety of disciplines with backgrounds and expertise in audiology, exercise and movement science, healthcare administration, nutrition and dietetics. You will have a diversity of opportunities to study and train alongside our faculty with unique opportunities including clinical experiences, interprofessional education, and research.
To learn more about the exciting initiatives across ETSU Health, read the 2023 Annual Report.
Undergraduate Programs:
- B.S., Nutrition and Integrated Health Services
- B.S., Nutrition and Dietetics
- B.S., Rehabilitative Health Sciences
- Minor, Nutrition and Dietetics
Graduate Programs:
- Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition
- Dietetic Internship
- Graduate Certificate in Sport Nutrition
- Interprofessional Pediatric Feeding Program
To learn more about our programs and to find program contact information, please use the drop-down menu for 'Academic Programs' on the left-hand menu of this page! We look forward to hearing from you.
Warm regards,
Michelle Johnson PhD, RD LDN
Chair & Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition and Integrated Health Science