Allen Lindsay H, Bentley Margaret E, Donovan Sharon M, Ney Denise M, Stover Patrick J
Graduate Nutrition Education Committee, American Society for Nutritional Sciences, 9650 Rockville pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3990, USA.
J Nutr. 2002 Apr;132(4):779-84. doi: 10.1093/jn/132.4.779.
The new millennium has ushered in unprecedented opportunities for research and discovery in the nutritional sciences. These have arisen from major advancements in the social and biological sciences, notably genetics, genomic technologies, computational statistics, and behavioral sciences. The most exciting academic challenges and employment opportunities for nutritional sciences graduates interface with other disciplines, and doctoral training programs in the nutritional sciences must respond to the wealth of these emerging opportunities. The American Society for Nutritional Sciences (ASNS) Graduate Nutrition Education Committee suggests that three major challenges face the nutritional sciences: (a) to train doctoral students to be full and active participants in interdisciplinary research and discovery, and (b) to achieve this goal while maintaining nutrition's unique academic identity and (c) fostering a cohesive academic community. The committee proposes that these objectives are best engaged at the level of graduate education and that the future of ASNS will be secured by strengthening graduate nutrition programs. This manuscript reviews educational strategies that address these challenges and advocates that ASNS actively engage graduate doctoral programs in nutritional sciences.
新千年为营养科学领域的研究与发现带来了前所未有的机遇。这些机遇源自社会科学和生物科学的重大进展，尤其是遗传学、基因组技术、计算统计学和行为科学。营养科学专业毕业生面临的最令人兴奋的学术挑战和就业机会与其他学科相关联，营养科学领域的博士培养项目必须应对这些大量涌现的机会。美国营养科学学会（ASNS）研究生营养教育委员会指出，营养科学面临三大挑战：（a）培养博士生成为跨学科研究与发现的全面且积极的参与者；（b）在保持营养学科独特学术身份的同时实现这一目标；（c）培育一个有凝聚力的学术团体。该委员会提议，这些目标最好在研究生教育层面得以实现，且加强研究生营养项目将确保ASNS的未来。本手稿回顾了应对这些挑战的教育策略，并倡导ASNS积极参与营养科学领域的研究生博士项目。
