Precision Nutrition and AICornell

Certificate Program

In this course, you will delve into the emerging field of precision nutrition and discover how biological variations and environmental factors shape individual dietary responses. You'll explore why traditional "one size fits all" approaches are giving way to personalized interventions backed by cutting-edge evidence.

Armed with this understanding, you will master the fundamental concepts and terminology of precision nutrition, building the framework for advanced discussions. You'll trace nutritional science's evolution from general dietary guidelines to today's sophisticated, personalized approaches.

With this foundation in precision nutrition principles, you will explore the complex world of dietary response variations, both within individuals and between different people. You'll examine key factors including genetics, microbiome composition, and metabolic differences, along with environmental influences like lifestyle, culture, and food access.

In this course, you will analyze cutting-edge research and develop critical evaluation skills as you master the emerging field of precision nutrition. You'll explore how personalized nutrition approaches are transforming dietary interventions and health outcomes.

Starting with core precision nutrition concepts, you will examine current research approaches and methodologies. You'll build the expertise to evaluate research confidently, learning systematic approaches to analyze scientific papers — essential skills for both academic research and evidence-based practice.

Through guided evaluations of landmark precision nutrition studies, you will explore the field's evolution and future directions. You'll synthesize research findings, extract practical insights, and understand their impact on clinical applications.

Finally, you will create research questions using the PICO (population, intervention, comparison, outcome) framework to address current research gaps.

You are required to have completed the following course or have equivalent experience before taking this course:

• Foundations of Precision Nutrition

In this course, you will explore precision nutrition, an emerging field that tailors nutritional recommendations to individual genetic profiles, lifestyle factors, and environmental conditions. You'll discover how personalized nutrition transforms health and wellness while examining its applications, limitations, and ethical implications.

Moving from foundational concepts to advanced applications, you will study precision nutrition's scientific principles and real-world implementation. This progressive approach will help you develop a deep understanding of the field's potential as well as its challenges.

You are required to have completed the following courses or have equivalent experience before taking this course:

• Foundations of Precision Nutrition
• Evaluating Methods in Precision Nutrition

In this course, you will develop and strengthen data analysis skills with R programming. You'll build the essential capabilities needed to utilize R programming as a tool for scientific problem solving.

With these foundations in place, you will progress from R fundamentals to advanced statistical analysis. You'll start by mastering R's syntax and basic commands then advance to importing, cleaning, and filtering various datasets — crucial skills for real-world analysis.

Building on these analytical capabilities, you will discover how to create professional visualizations using ggplot2, R's powerful plotting package. You'll design compelling graphs and charts for both categorical and numerical data. Finally, you'll explore statistical modeling, performing simple and multivariate regression analyses to identify relationships between variables and make data-driven predictions.

You are required to have completed the following courses or have equivalent experience before taking this course:

• Foundations of Precision Nutrition
• Evaluating Methods in Precision Nutrition
• Precision Nutrition in Research, Policy, and Practice

In this course, you will put your skills into practice with the groundbreaking “All of Us” (AoU) Research Program, one of the largest and most diverse health databases in the United States. You'll first explore the program's mission and scope, discovering the wide range of research questions possible with this remarkable dataset.

Before the course begins, you will complete training to access the AoU Researcher Workbench, where you'll apply your R programming skills to real-world health data. Building on this access, you'll analyze the database through hands-on exercises, uncovering insights that can advance precision medicine and improve health outcomes across diverse populations.

You are required to have completed the following courses or have equivalent experience before taking this course:

• Foundations of Precision Nutrition
• Evaluating Methods in Precision Nutrition
• Precision Nutrition in Research, Policy, and Practice
• R Primer in Data Analysis