Courses Taught by Erica Jansen

NUTR590: Epigenetics and the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

• Graduate level
• Both Online MPH and Online MS
• This is a first year course for Online students
• Spring-Summer term(s) for online MPH students; Spring-Summer term(s) for online MS students.
• 2 credit hour(s) for online MPH students; 2 credit hour(s) for online MS students;
• Instructor(s): Dolinoy, Dana Jansen, Erica (Online MPH); Dolinoy, Dana Jansen, Erica (Online MS);
• Prerequisites: None
• Advisory Prerequisites: Introduction to Epidemiology, college-level biology, genetics or biochemistry
• Description: In the first part of the course, we will consider how physical growth and maturation from conception through adolescence predict current and later health risk (i.e. the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease hypothesis, or DOHaD). In the second part of the course, we will learn about one of the potential mechanisms underlying the DOHaD hypothesis, which is that early life experiences affect our epigenome - the collection of molecular markers that control our genes' expression. The last portion of the course will culminate in a project that ties part 1 and 2 together. Specifically, you will design an ideal study that incorporates your acquired knowledge on growth assessment and epigenetic methods.
• Learning Objectives: 1- Use the DOHaD framework to explain how early environments can predict later disease 2- Apply life stage-specific tools to assess growth and development 3- Use nutritional epidemiology perspectives to interpret DOHaD findings 4- Design studies to analyze the role of nutrition in altering growth and development during sensitive periods 5- Define key epigenetic mechanisms and biological phenomena 6- Examine how dietary and environmental factors influence epigenetic mechanisms to affect health status 7 Critically assess epigenetic research in the primary literature 8 Explain the complexity of incorporating epigenetics into population health 9 Articulate potential ethical, policy, and risk assessment ramifications

Concentration Competencies that NUTR590 Allows Assessment On

Department	Program	Degree	Competency	Specific course(s) that allow assessment
Population and Health Sciences		MPH	Estimate population health indicators from high quality data resources from diverse sources	PUBHLTH515, EPID643, NUTR590, BIOSTAT592, BIOSTAT501

NUTR869: Innovations in Nutrition Research

• Graduate level
• Residential
• Fall, Winter term(s) for residential students;
• 1 credit hour(s) for residential students;
• Instructor(s): Jansen, Erica Ruiz-Narvaez, Edward (Residential);
• Prerequisites: Doctoral, MPH and MS student with demonstrated interest in Nutritional Sciences research (with permission),Doctoral, MPH and MS student with demonstrated interest in Nutritional Sciences research (with permission)
• Description: The course will include: -integrative discussions of dissertation research projects -presentations of research findings -in-depth literature reviews and critiques -manuscript reviews in Nutritional Sciences

Concentration Competencies that NUTR869 Allows Assessment On

Department	Program	Degree	Competency	Specific course(s) that allow assessment
NUTR	Molecular and Biochemical Nutrition	PhD	Disseminate rigorous research findings through clear, persuasive written and oral communication to both peers and non-technical audiences	NUTR869
NUTR	Nutritional Interventions	PhD	Disseminate rigorous research findings through clear, persuasive written and oral communication to both peers and non-technical audiences	NUTR869