Open Access“Omics” Education in Dietetic Curricula: A Comparison between Two Institutions in the USA and Mexico
Author(s) -
Christine VanBuren,
Victorine Imrhan,
Parakat Vijayagopal,
Elizabeth Solís-Pérez,
Manuel López-Cabanillas Lomelí,
Raquel Gonzalez-Garza,
Myriam Gutiérrez-López,
Blanca Edelia González-Martínez,
Kittipong Boonme,
Shanil Juma,
Chandan Prasad
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
lifestyle genomics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2504-3188
pISSN - 2504-3161
DOI - 10.1159/000499202
Subject(s) - nutrigenomics , curriculum , nutrition education , medical education , test (biology) , omics , medicine , psychology , gerontology , bioinformatics , biology , genetics , pedagogy , paleontology , gene
The completion of sequencing of the human genome and a better understanding of epigenomic regulation of gene expression have opened the possibility of personalized nutrition in the near future. This has also created an immediate need for trained personnel qualified to administer personalized nutrition education. Of all the allied healthcare personnel, dietitians are the most likely to undertake this role. However, dietitians and dietetic students are still deficient in their knowledge of nutrigenomics and other "omics" technologies. Therefore, with the eventual goal of dietetic curriculum reorganization, the International Society of Nutrigenetics/Nutrigenomics (ISNN) has set out to evaluate nutrigenomic knowledge among dietetic students from different countries. In this study, we compared nutrition and dietetic students from Texas Woman's University (TWU) and the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) for their perceived need for, interest in, and knowledge of different topics within nutritional genomics.