The latest studies in the field of nutrition, which is rapidly updated with the use of changing life conditions and the use of new technologies, have highlighted the necessity of nutrigenomics and a personalized diet. Besides, the importance of the proven relationship between the microbiota and diseases, the structuring of the healthy microbiota, the consumption of functional foods, the right choice of antioxidants, pulp and probiotics has also increased. One of the tasks of nutrition science is to create sustainable plans for community nutrition and to implement these projects.. Nutrition science, which examines not only individual but also community nutrition, also works on matters such as sustainable nutrition, alternative food sources and nutrition in space.
History of the Department
The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, which started to accept students as the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics (Turkish) in the 2012-2013 academic year within the Istanbul Gelisim University School of Health Sciences, had first graduates in 2015-2016 academic year. In the same year, the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics (English) also started accepting students. In 2016-2017, the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics Non-Thesis Master's Program was implemented within the Istanbul Gelisim University Health Sciences Institute.
In 2017, the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics became one of the departments entitled to receive accreditation within the School of Health Sciences by the Germany-based Accreditation Agency in Health and Social Sciences (AHPGS), which accredits education in health, social sciences and similar branches. With the President's Decision No. 3203 published in the Official Gazette dated 25.11.2020 and numbered 31315, the "School of Health Sciences" was transformed into a "Faculty of Health Sciences". Turkish and English Nutrition and Dietetics Departments, which are included in the Faculty of Health Sciences of Istanbul Gelisim University in the 2020-2021 academic year, aim to train dietitians who can work in partnership with other health professionals with their current curriculum.
Laboratory Facilities
We conduct our hands-on lessons in our laboratories equipped with cutting-edge devices, and we do field applications intensively in the 2nd and 4th grades. There are 3 laboratories belonging to the Turkish and English Departments of Nutrition and Dietetics: Food Analysis Laboratory (C-Block lab no 013), Culinary Laboratory (C-Block lab no 019), Anthropometry Laboratory (C-Block lab no 002).
Fields of Study
Our graduates with multidisciplinary and versatile education, have opportunities to work in the food industry, R&D institutions, mother and child nutrition, community health, nursing homes for the elderly, catering industry, sports nutrition, diet counselling centres, in bedded and non-bedded health institutions that provide diet therapy for diseases, enteral/parenteral nutrition field as oncology dietitian, hemodialysis dietitian and bariatric dietitian. Graduates and doctoral graduates can also find the opportunity to work as academicians in institutions that provide vocational training, and they can work as trainers.
One of the other goals of our department is to be a bridge between the traditional and the innovative while raising struggling professionals who know how important human relations are, who love their profession, who believe in and do not harm themselves, who know how to work as a team.
Assist Prof. Ayşe Huri Özkarabulut
