MacDonald Center for Nutrition Education and Research (MCNER)

Rooted in science and equity, the MacDonald Center for Nutrition Education and Research, formally known as the MacDonald Center for Obesity Prevention and Education (COPE), advances health care practice and provider education to promote nutritional health and well-being.

Our mission is to promote lifelong learning and serve clinical and public health providers by delivering evidence-based professional development programming and conducting interdisciplinary applied research that optimizes provider ability to promote nutritional health and well-being.