Nutrition Education and Training
The Section of Nutrition provides comprehensive training at all levels for health care providers, including:
- Required and elective coursework for medical students at the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine (CUSOM)
- Didactic lectures through the CUSOM Trek Curriculum for the pre-clinical medical students and for the Pediatric Clerkship
- Clinical nutrition training opportunities for residents
- Nutrition T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship training​
- Continuing education for practicing physicians
- Elective rotations for Internal Medicine residents
- Training and mentorship for current and past Nutrition Fellows
Section faculty also supervise undergraduate- and graduate-level internships and practicum experiences. These opportunities span clinical, laboratory, and community-based research; development of clinical quality improvement projects; and evaluation of dietary and nutrition resources available to Children’s Hospital Colorado staff and patients.
In addition, faculty are actively involved in the Children’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado Dietetic Internship Program, contributing to curriculum development, trainee supervision, and professional mentorship.
Examples of recent national-level involvement include:
For additional detials, view the Section of Nutrition's Faculty Research Areas.