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The Program
Goals
The goals of the John E. Kinsella Endowed Chair Program are to foster
cross-disciplinary activities in the College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences and the University of California, Davis aimed towards establishing and
expanding our knowledge-base on how foods provide nutritional value and further
to apply this understanding into science into technologies to change the food
supply and improve nutrition and health.
In Research
- to develop a focus for scientific study of foods as
sources of nutrients, and their important roles in determining the effective
delivery of these nutrients to appropriate tissues
- to explore the biological consequences of nutrients and
the mans by which specific foods affect their activity
- to develop biomarkers of the consumption of particular
nutrients in foods and their metabolic consequences
In Training
- to foster training of students in the chemical,
physical, and nutritional properties of foods and specific molecules within
food matrices
- to promote collaborative interactions between students
of disparate backgrounds and goals within the University aimed at the
improvement of health through foods
- to educate the public on the consequences of diet on
health, what are appropriate foods for ingesting specific nutrients, and
what are the biological activities and benefits that they provide
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