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Nutritional Sciences at Penn State examines how humans gain energy from food and how nutrition choices affect our health over time.
Solidly rooted in chemistry, biology, physiology, psychology, neuroscience, behavior, and development, our body of work covers the effects of nutrition at all levels, from the molecule to the organism, to the population at large. Our programs aim to nurture a new generation of leaders in bench and behavioral sciences who will push the limits of our understanding of nutrition as it relates to human health.
Gwen Sincerbeaux
Student Spotlight
Graduate student receives Fulbright award for PlacentaVision research

Graduate student Gwen Sincerbeaux recently received a Fulbright award to research the effectiveness of PlacentaVision, an AI-based risk assessment tool, in Uganda. PlacentaVision uses AI to assess placentas post-birth for conditions that may impact mother or baby, such as neonatal sepsis and preeclampsia. Her study will be conducted in a low-resource facility where incidences of these conditions are higher, to identify and treat them as soon as possible to support mother and infant health outcomes.