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About Us

Over the past three decades, the Division of Nutrition has fostered collaboration across Harvard Medical Schools and its teaching hospitals in nutrition education and research, train medical and graduate students, and communicate science based nutrition recommendations on diet and lifestyle to...

Mission

The mission of Harvard Medical School’s Division of Nutrition is to advocate for and provide nutrition education at Harvard Medical School and all of its teaching hospitals, support medical and graduate students via training grants, and fostering collaboration across Harvard University to achieve...

Research

The Division of Nutrition (DON) is comprised of over 100 faculty and students across Harvard affiliate hospitals - Massachusetts General Hospital , Brigham and Women’s Hospital , Boston Children’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center , Joslin Diabetes Center , VA Boston Healthcare...

History

Founding of the Department: The roots of Harvard’s program in Nutrition run from the 1940s. Harvard's Department of Nutrition was founded in 1942 with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. Initially, the department was located in the Department of Biochemistry at Harvard Medical School, but it...

Contact Us

Phone Number: (617) 355-7612 Email: melanie.connolly@childrens.harvard.edu Mailing Address: Christopher Duggan, MD, MPH Center for Nutrition at Boston Children's Hospital 333 Longwood Avenue, 4th floor Boston, MA 02115

Resources

Educational Resources Find links to both public and medical educational resources. Affiliation with the Division of Nutrition Information for Faculty on affiliation with the Division of Nutrition and application materials. Grant Opportunities Information for grants available for medical education...

Education & Training

The Division of Nutrition (DON) is committed to providing nutrition education to Harvard Medical School students throughout all four year of medical school through embedding nutrition in the pre-clinical "Pathways" curriculum and offering electives in nutrition. In addition to a strong commitment to...