{"id":66,"date":"2022-08-15T13:09:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T20:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/nutrition-exercise-physiology\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2025-01-30T10:24:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T18:24:40","slug":"ms-nep","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/nutrition-exercise-physiology\/ms-nep\/","title":{"rendered":"MS NEP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-hero wsu-width--full wsu-pattern--wsu-light-radial-left  wsu-hero--size-small \">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image-frame--fill\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-medicine\/uploads\/sites\/3094\/2024\/05\/Nutrition-Research-MS-Program-header.jpg\"\n\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-medicine\/uploads\/sites\/3094\/2024\/05\/Nutrition-Research-MS-Program-header.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-medicine\/uploads\/sites\/3094\/2024\/05\/Nutrition-Research-MS-Program-header.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-medicine\/uploads\/sites\/3094\/2024\/05\/Nutrition-Research-MS-Program-header.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-medicine\/uploads\/sites\/3094\/2024\/05\/Nutrition-Research-MS-Program-header.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-medicine\/uploads\/sites\/3094\/2024\/05\/Nutrition-Research-MS-Program-header.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-medicine\/uploads\/sites\/3094\/2024\/05\/Nutrition-Research-MS-Program-header.jpg 198w\"\n\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\"\n\t\talt=\"Nutrition Research MS Program\"\n\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 63% 37%\"\n\t\t\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wsu-overlay wsu-pattern-after wsu-overlay--none wsu-pattern--none\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\">\r\n\t<!-- Breadcrumb NavXT 7.2.0 -->\n<span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Medicine Network Sites.\" href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/\" class=\"main-home\" ><span property=\"name\">College of Medicine<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine.\" href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/nutrition-exercise-physiology\" class=\"home\" ><span property=\"name\">Nutrition and Exercise Physiology<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"2\"><\/span><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Private: News.\" href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/nutrition-exercise-physiology\/news\/\" class=\"post-root post post-post\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">Private: News<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"3\"><\/span><\/div><header class=\"wsu-article-header \">\r\n\t<h1 class=\"wsu-article-header__title\">\r\n\t\tMaster of Science in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology\t<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<\/header>\r\n\n\n<section  class=\"wsu-section wsu-color-background--white wsu-spacing-after--none wsu-spacing-bottom--none\"  >\r\n        \n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--sidebar-right\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<p>The Master of Science in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology (MS NEP) degree offers students of all undergraduate disciplines a pathway into nutrition and exercise physiology education and research. The program provides students with advanced preparation and training for doctoral studies in basic and applied sciences, professional degrees, and careers in the health care industry, public health agencies, non-profits, and academia. In this two-year program, students work closely with a faculty member as they conduct a research project and prepare a thesis on a research topic related to human nutrition and\/or exercise physiology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-font-size--large\">Now Accepting Applications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wsu-spacing-after--xsmall\">Application deadline: January 31<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta  wsu-cta--width-inline\" >\n\t<a \t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/nutrition-exercise-physiology\/ms-nep\/apply\/\"\t\n\t\tclass=\"wsu-button  wsu-button--size-small\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tApply to MS NEP Program \t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta  wsu-cta--width-inline\" >\n\t<a \t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/nutrition-exercise-physiology\/ms-nep\/courses\/\"\t\n\t\tclass=\"wsu-button  wsu-button--size-small\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tRequired Courses\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn from Experts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn and work alongside experts in their field who serve as your faculty mentors in the MS program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PhD NEP Faculty Advisors <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wsu-list--columns-2\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/directory\/wsu-profile\/glen.duncan\/\">Glen Duncan, PhD, ACSM-CEP<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/directory\/wsu-profile\/p.monsivais\/\">Pablo Monsivais, PhD, MPH<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/directory\/wsu-profile\/ofer.amram\/\">Ofer Amram, PhD<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/directory\/wsu-profile\/hans.haverkamp\/\">Hans Haverkamp, PhD<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/directory\/wsu-profile\/martine.perrigue\/\">Martine Perrigue, PhD, RDN, CD<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/directory\/wsu-profile\/franck.carbonero\/\">Franck Carbonero, PhD<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/directory\/wsu-profile\/patrick.solverson\/\">Patrick Solverson, PhD<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/directory\/wsu-profile\/catherine.jarrett\/\">Catherine Jarrett, PhD, RDN<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Teams<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wstwinregistry.org\/\">Washington State Twin Registry<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/foodlab\/\">Food Lab<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/ngmb\/\">Nutrition and Gut Microbiome Lab<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/chase\/\">Community Health and Spatial Epidemiology (CHaSE) Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Areas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wsu-spacing-after--xsmall\">Our faculty&nbsp;explore health promotion and disease prevention in clinical, community, and population-level settings.&nbsp;Areas of inquiry include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Effects of genetics and built and social environments on health using&nbsp;twin studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social and behavioral determinants of diet, weight, and chronic disease<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spatial epidemiology and relationships among space, place, and health outcomes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connections between nutrition and the gut microbiome<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health with aging and disease<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pulmonary system responses to exercise, aging, and disease<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mechanistic links between lifestyle and environmental factors and obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Health policy and the economics of healthy eating<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact Program Director&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/directory\/wsu-profile\/p.monsivais\/\">Pablo Monsivais, PhD, MPH<\/a>, with questions about the MS NEP program and to discuss your research interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 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