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This module is for students taking the Graduate Diploma or MSc in Food, Nutrition and Health.
This module will equip students with the knowledge of current research methods in nutrition research. The module will deal with the structuring, planning and ethics involved in conducting human nutrition research. Additionally the students will cover nutrigenomics including the basics of nutrigenomics and applications in nutrition research. (Nutrigenomics is a rapidly emerging multidisciplinary sciences, which aim to explore the effects of nutrients on the genome, proteome and metabolome, and to elucidate the effect of genetic variation on the interaction between diet and disease).
Students are not required to attend lectures at the UCD campus as part of the course. Students are expected to spend a total 125 hours workload during the trimester consisting of:
• Lectures and course material: 18-24 hours
• Discussion threads/synchronous chats/MCQs 24 hours
• Autonomous learning/Assignments: 75 hours
This module will equip students with the knowledge of current research methods in nutrition research. The module will deal with the structuring, planning and ethics involved in conducting human nutrition research. Additionally the students will cover nutrigenomics including the basics of nutrigenomics and applications in nutrition research. (Nutrigenomics is a rapidly emerging multidisciplinary sciences, which aim to explore the effects of nutrients on the genome, proteome and metabolome, and to elucidate the effect of genetic variation on the interaction between diet and disease).
Students are not required to attend lectures at the UCD campus as part of the course. Students are expected to spend a total 125 hours workload during the trimester consisting of:
• Lectures and course material: 18-24 hours
• Discussion threads/synchronous chats/MCQs 24 hours
• Autonomous learning/Assignments: 75 hours
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| Name | Role |
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| Professor Lorraine Brennan | Tutor |
| Ms Aoife Courtney | Tutor |
| Miss Helena Gibbons | Tutor |
| Dr Elaine Hillesheim | Tutor |
| Dr Fiona Lalor | Tutor |