[AODA members] FW: UMass Amherst Launches Nation's First Fully Online MPH in Nutrition

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Subject: FW: UMass Amherst Launches Nation's First Fully Online MPH in Nutrition

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This might be of interest.

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Subject: UMass Amherst Launches Nation's First Fully Online MPH in Nutrition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: 

Nancy L. Cohen, Ph.D., R.D., L.D.N. 413-545-2526, cohen at nutrition.umass.edu

Patricia Beffa-Negrini, Ph.D., R.D., L.D. 413-545-0798, HYPERLINK "mailto:patsy at nutrition.umass.edu"patsy at nutrition.umass.edu

UMass Amherst Launches Nation’s First Fully Online MPH in Nutrition

AMHERST, MA, October 17, 2007 -- Building on its reputation as an innovator in distance education, UMass Amherst has launched the nation’s first fully online Master of Public Health in Nutrition degree program. Applications for the inaugural class, slated for fall 2008, are currently being accepted.

The Online MPH in Nutrition prepares students to tackle today’s intensifying societal problems of obesity, malnutrition, and food insecurity. The program is in response to widespread demand for professionals trained in an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses both nutrition science and public health perspectives, according to Dr. Nancy Cohen, interim dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences.

The program’s online format, which has no residency requirement, enables professionals from anywhere in the world to collaborate in virtual classrooms and earn their fully accredited master’s degree from UMass Amherst, without interrupting their careers. 

“To train people worldwide in public health and nutrition, to interact with colleagues doing fascinating work around the globe, is extremely exciting,” says Cohen. “I foresee some very important discussions and projects emerging from this program.”

The Online MPH in Nutrition is a natural outgrowth of the school’s existing on-campus MPH in Nutrition and online MPH in Public Health Practice.  . The new program consists of about half public health courses and half nutrition courses. 

“The MPH component offers students program planning skills and teaches them to assess communities’ most pressing needs,” says Cohen. “They’ll learn to apply public health skills to nutritional issues and to use their scientific knowledge and background to inform public health issues.”

The program targets working professionals, including those with doctoral and MD degrees, registered dietitians, health educators, WIC nutrition educators, and others who wish to increase their impact on societal health issues. Candidates studying part time can expect to earn their master’s degree in three years.

Cohen expects that students who haven’t yet tried online learning will be pleasantly surprised at its effectiveness. “Both UMass Amherst and the Department of Nutrition have a long history of online teaching, and our courses are highly interactive. You really feel you’re part of a group.”  

“We’re hearing from a lot of people who want to maintain their jobs but at the same time build the skills they need to work more effectively,” says Cohen. “This is a great time to bring together the expertise of UMass Amherst and the expertise of professionals in the field.”

For more information or to apply to the Online MPH in Nutrition, visit HYPERLINK "http://www.umass.edu/sphhs/nutrition"www.umass.edu/sphhs/nutrition .

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