5 Courses Required

Additional Details

Target Audience

  • Health and nutrition professionals
  • Data scientists
  • Biopharma professionals
  • Healthtech entrepreneurs and consultants
  • Medical scientists
  • Food scientists
  • Agriculture and food systems experts
  • Graduate students, postdocs, and academic researchers

Accreditation

  • Precision Nutrition and AI Certificate from Cornell College of Human Ecology
  • 50 Professional Development Hours (5 CEUs)

Certificate Description

Precision nutrition and AI are transforming how we approach health and wellness, offering personalized solutions that consider individual biological and environmental nuances. As the demand for tailored dietary recommendations grows, so does the need for professionals equipped to lead these innovations. By engaging with this five-course Precision Nutrition and AI certificate program, you will deepen your expertise from foundational knowledge to practical application.

In this program, you will begin by exploring the fundamentals of precision nutrition, examining how genetic, microbiome, and metabolic factors, along with environmental influences, shape individual dietary responses. You’ll enhance your critical analysis abilities by evaluating cutting-edge research, understanding methodologies, and crafting research questions using the PICO (population, intervention, comparison, outcome) framework.

You will then advance your knowledge as you delve into the practical applications, limitations, and ethical considerations surrounding precision nutrition. By analyzing how personalized nutrition can transform health and wellness, you’ll be well equipped to navigate real-world challenges and opportunities. As you develop essential technical skills in R programming and progress from basic to advanced statistical analysis, data visualization, and modeling, you will be empowered to drive data-driven research endeavors.

Finally, you will gain hands-on experience in data analysis through the Researcher Workbench using data from the “All of Us” Research Program, one of the largest and most diverse health databases in the U.S. You’ll apply your skills to explore precision medicine across varied populations. After completing this certificate, you’ll be prepared to conduct research, lead initiatives, and innovate in the rapidly evolving field of precision nutrition. ​​

To get the most out of this program, it is highly recommended that you have prior knowledge or experience in high school-level biology (or equivalent), basic proficiency in R or Python, an introductory understanding of statistics, and familiarity with evaluating scientific studies and basic research methodology.

The courses in this certificate program are required to be completed in the order that they appear.

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