Our Research
Research Highlight
Food Synergy: The Key To A Healthy Diet
Over the years, people have viewed the health benefits of vitamins and nutrients found in food individually. David R. Jacobs, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Minnesota, argues in a recent commentary for the Nutrition Reviews journal that nutrition researchers should focus on whole foods rather than only on single nutrients. “We argue for a need to return to food as the source of nutrition knowledge.”
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
Our faculty, staff and students are involved in research that addresses real-world public health issues by working jointly with other researchers at the University of Minnesota and throughout the world on multidisciplinary research projects.
Alcohol Related Research
Cancer Research
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
Diabetes Research
Epidemiologic Methods
Genetics Research
Infectious Disease Research
Nutrition Related Research
- Nutrition Epidemiology
- Project EAT Research
- The Dietary Composition and Exercise Tolerance Study (DIET)
Maternal & Child Public Health Research
- Maternal & Child Public Health Epidemiology
- Center for Leadership Education in Maternal & Child Public Health
Obesity Related Research
Social Epi Work Group
Tobacco Control & Smoking
- Tobacco Control & Smoking Research
- Tobacco Policy Research Group
- American Indian Community Tobacco Project (AICTP)
- Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort Study (MACC)
- Clean Indoor Air Consequences (CIAC)
- The Tobacco Free Youth Recreation study(TFYR)