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Zachary Dickey’s interest in nutrition grew after taking a course with Associate Professor Indika Edirisinghe. A member of the food science and nutrition department's faculty, Edirisinghe helped Dickey find more opportunities to research nutrition at the Clinical Nutrition Research Center on ������̳’s main campus, operated by the Institute for Food Safety and Health.

Dickey says enrolling in medical school is still a part of his future plans, but he wants to gain a better understanding of nutrition first.

“Nutrition is a fundamental field that is not taught in medical school, and a field that physicians tend to lack significant understanding,” Dickey says.

It might be an unusual path to medical school, but Dickey says discovering a creative track to reach a goal is part of the ������̳ experience.

“������̳ is a prestigious university that teaches its students to think in an innovative way to help solve some of the biggest challenges we face,” he says.