Welcome to IFNH
The New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH) underscores the commitment of Rutgers University to new transformational initiatives across the many disciplines impacting food, nutrition, and health. The IFNH draws on the strengths of the entire university as it physically co-locates and strategically aligns the diverse competencies and deep capacity of Rutgers to address society's major unmet health problems. In this complex world, the institute embraces a culture of interdisciplinarity that seeks solutions to our health problems in the social as well as the biological determinants of health.
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Childhood Nutrition Center
Center for Childhood Nutrition Research
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Microbiome and Nutrition Center
Center for Nutrition, Microbiome, and Health
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Lipid Research Center
Rutgers Center for Lipid Research
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NEXT Human Metabolism Center
Center for Human Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism
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Agricultural Food Ecosystems Center
Center for Agricultural Food Ecosystems
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Culinary Health Program
Culinary Health Program
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Harvest Service
Dining Venue
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Pre-K Service
Preschool