NGx
Nutrigenomics and Precision Nutrition in Clinical Practice Short Course
Short course designed for graduate students, health professionals and nutrition scientists from academia, agencies, and industry
This short-course delivers fundamental NGx concepts and addresses barriers that impede translation of research results from laboratories to people by bringing together researchers and practitioners in NGx concepts ranging from cell biology to dietetics. This short course is brought to you by the UNC Nutrition Research Institute and the UNC Nutrition and Obesity Research Center.
The NGx short-course will take place on the North Carolina Research Campus at Kannapolis City Hall.
Registration will open soon.
Goals
Educate current and future NGx researchers
Provide cutting-edge research directions and methodologies in precision nutrition.
Foster collaboration, innovation, and networking between students, postdocs, faculty, clinicians, and industry professionals.
Features
Unique – Hands-on demonstrations with tools such as FibroScan and DEXA to explore body composition and metabolic health.
Keynote address, lectures, and interactive workshops.
Opportunities for registered dieticians to earn CPEUs.
Attendees
The NRI has produced this short course since 2016 with attendees and presenters from around the world. Past attendees included graduate students, postdocs, faculty, industry researchers, physicians, and registered dietitians. Annual attendance is capped at 80.
Where We Are
UNC Nutrition Research Institute
500 Laureate Way
Kannapolis, NC 28081
704-250-5000
UNC Nutrition Research Institute
The UNC Nutrition Research Institute building is located on the 350-acre NC Research Campus in Kannapolis.
UNC Chapel Hill
The Nutrition Research Institute is a unit of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. With an environment that inspires pioneering research, innovation, and entrepreneurship, UNC Chapel Hill has long been an agent for economic prosperity in North Carolina. At the NRI we are proud of our Carolina heritage and to be representing it on the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis.
NC Research Campus
The North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, just north of Charlotte, is home to eight university research centers, plus industry, government and nonprofit organizations that share the goal of empowering human health through nutrition. Collectively, scientists focus on understanding the science behind precision nutrition and safer, more nutritious crops and foods.