PhD (Nutrition) - School of Health Sciences
OVERVIEW
Doctor of Philosophy in Nutrition program is designed to train students to expand their knowledge and research competencies in solving issues related to food, nutrition and health at the local and global levels.
At the end of the course, students are expected to demonstrate knowledge of food and nutrition problems and creatively highlight and suggest possible solutions. Students should also be able to design appropriate research, conduct field work or lab experiments, analyze, synthesize relevant data and come up with innovative ideas in discussing their findings. The program will also prepare students with adequate research skills to communicate through reports writing, oral presentation, information gathering and dissemination with high technical quality.
Doctor of Philosophy in Nutrition has produced many local and international postgraduate students who now has been succesfull in their respective carrier.
RESEARCH FIELD
Human Nutrition
Clinical Nutrition
Community Nutrition
Infant Nutrition
Geriatric Nutrition
Nutritional Epidemiology
Nutritional Anthropology
Nutritional Biochemistry
Nutrition Education
Nutrition Policies/Programmes
Sports Nutrition
Molecular Nutrition
Food Quality and Analysis
Food and Nutritional Toxicology
Experimental Nutrition
Food and Nutrition Microbiology
EXPERTISE
| Name | Research Interest and Expertise |
| Hamid Jan Bin Jan Mohamed (Assoc. Prof.) | Obesity, Maternal and Child Nutrition, Nutrigenetics |
| Foo Leng Huat (Dr) | Nutritional Epidemiology, body composition, Cardioskeletal health Assessments |
| Hafzan Binti Yusoff (Dr) | Nutrition Education, Child & Adolescent Nutrition, Multimedia-based Approach in Obesity Prevention & Management |
| Nur-Fazimah Sahran | Clinical Nutrition and Transdiciplinary, Geriatric Nutrition |
| Profesor Wan Abdul Manan Wan Muda |
Nutrition; Public health & quality of life |
| Prof Madya Dr Wan Rosli Wan Ishak | Food science; Food quality & analysis |
| Prof Madya Dr Shariza Abdul Razak | Food biotechnology; Cyclodextrin (CD) research |
| Dr. Soo Kah Leng | Childhood and adolescent obesity; Disordered eating; Physical activity; Malnutrition in cancer patients |
| Dr. Marina Abdul Manaf | Food analysis, fats and oils analysis |
| Prof MadyaDr Sakinah Harith | Nutrition; Dietetics |
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Dr Reena Kumari a/p Vijayakumaran |
Food management, eating behaviour, emotion and food consumption. |
| Dr Wan Faizah Wan Yusoff | History of healthcare, social history of medicine, ethnomedicine |
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Dr Norfarizan Hanoon Noor Azmi |
Food science; Nutrition |
Expertise available in the following School:
School of Health Sciences
http://www.ppsk.usm.my/index.php/en/
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants should possess one of the following:
- A Master's degree in research mode; or
- A Master’s degree in related area with CGPA 3.00/4; or
- A Master’s degree in related area with CGPA 2.50-2.99/4 with additional requirements; or
- Bachelor’s degree in related area with minimum CGPA 3.67/4 (fast-track to PhD)
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
(Applicable for International Applicants Only)
- A minimum score of 35 in Internet-based TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language); or
- A minimum of Band 5 in IELTS (International English Language Testing System); or
- A minimum score of 154 in Cambridge English Advance (CAE); or
- A minimum score of 154 in Cambridge Proficiency Advance (CPE); or
- A minimum score of 36 in Pearson Test of English (PTE); or
- A minimum of Band 2 in MUET (Malaysian University English Test)
Exemption can be given if:
- English is the candidate's mother tongue or National Language; or
- The candidate graduated from an Institution of Higher Learning in which the medium of instruction is English
DURATION
- Full-time: Min 4 semesters / Max 10 semesters
- Part-time: Min 6 semesters / Max 15 semesters
FEES
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** Fees are subject to change
