Food, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences

A 2018 graduate of the nutrition and exercise physiology degree program, Mubinah Khaleel is currently a third-year medical student at Lincoln Memorial University – DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, in Harrogate, Tenn. Khaleel has recently been in Memphis completing medical rotations. Photo courtesy of Mubinah Khaleel.

March 21, 2022

Building a career in medicine

Nutrition and exercise physiology degree incorporated all of Mubinah Khaleel's interest areas.

March 17, 2022

Two Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Students Win Poster Awards

Neil McMillian and Eric Lis were awarded poster awards at the Cardiovascular Research Day hosted by the Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center. McMillian was awarded the Graduate Student award for his poster titled Increased Muscle Sympathetic Nerve Activity Hyperinsulinemia: Role of Insulin-simulated Peripheral Vasodilation and the Response of the Arterial Baroreflex. Lis was awarded the undergraduate Student Award for his poster titled Peripheral Chemoreflex Sensitivity is Augmented in Human Type 2 Diabetes.      …
The accelerated master’s coordinated program in dietetics within the nutrition and exercise physiology (NEP) degree program offers students a unique opportunity to earn two degrees in just five years. Students who complete the program come away with a bachelor’s degree in nutrition and exercise physiology, with an emphasis in nutrition and foods; a master’s degree in dietetics; and all of the internship hours necessary to take the registration examination for dietitians (RD Exam). It’s a program that Samantha Tracy, a master’s student in dietetics, said she is thrilled to have found. Photo courtesy of Samantha Tracy.

Feb. 6, 2022

Preparing Students for Success

The accelerated master’s coordinated program in dietetics within the nutrition and exercise physiology (NEP) degree program offers students a unique opportunity to earn two degrees in just five years.
agriculture building with flowers blooming

Jan. 26, 2022

CAFNR Joy of Discovery Seed Grant Program Winners Announced

The first batch of proposals funded by CAFNR's Joy of Discovery Seed Grant Program has been announced. The Joy of Discovery Seed Grant Program supports nascent, collaborative, multi transdisciplinary research with the goal of developing a competitive proposal for federal funding.
Gwynn Hall

Dec. 20, 2021

Dain Jacobs Receives the American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

Dain Jacob, doctoral student in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, has received the prestigious American Heart Associate (AHA) Predoctoral Fellowship. The purpose of this fellowship is to enhance the integrated research and clinical training of promising students who are in a predoctoral or clinical health professional degree training program. Jacob is a doctoral student in the Limberg lab.

Dec. 12, 2021

Senior Spotlight: Madysen Kinsler

Kinsler will graduate with a degree in nutrition and exercise physiology.
Gwynn Hall

Nov. 11, 2021

Faces of CAFNR: Nutrition & Exercise Physiology

Introducing the faculty members from NEP.
Kantha in front of Food Science sign.

Aug. 15, 2021

Kantha Channaiah

Educational background…
Jill Kanaley

Aug. 11, 2021

Q&A with Jill Kanaley

Kanaley is the interim program chair of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology.
Sarah Buckallew headshot

June 29, 2021

Sarah Buckallew

Educational background Courses taught…