Source: NC A&T COLLEGE OF AGRICUTLURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, 8/20/21


CAES faculty will help to lead an 1890 Center of Excellence for Nutrition, Health, Wellness, and Quality of Life, a new, virtual center based at Southern University and funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

NIFA recently awarded the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center $1.68 million to establish the center, whose primary mission is to increase the capacity of 1890s institutions to address health disparities between African Americans and other races through nutrition research, teaching and Extension. All 1890s institutions will share the facility.

“The activities of the Center of Excellence for Nutrition, Health, Wellness and Quality of Life not only will maximize partnerships among Southern University, North Carolina A&T State University and Tuskegee University and strengthen collaborative efforts within and across academic disciplines, but also will enhance student knowledge, leadership and research skills as they relate to food, nutrition, health, and diet disparities,” said Fatemeh Malekian, Ph.D., professor of food science, project director, and director of the Southern Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Wellness at the Southern University Agriculture Center.

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