Future of nutrition: Research and food industry join forces at UC Davis

19 Apr 2024 — Ranked the leading agricultural school in the US, the University of California (UC) Davis underscores the need to join forces with the food and nutrition industry to solve global nutrition challenges. Nutrition Insight recently traveled to UC Davis to learn how the university cooperates with companies to spark innovation, solve real-world problems and prepare its students for a life after school. 

The dean of UC Davis’s Graduate School of Management, Rao Unnava, Ph.D., details the business school’s work on building multi-disciplinary teams cooperating to solve problems in its Food and Agriculture Industry Immersion program. Focusing on innovation, this program combines business with UC Davis’ food, nutrition and agriculture research.