Integrated and Interdisciplinary Approaches for Research and Education

Improve Human Health, Nutrition, Safety, and Wellbeing

UF/IFAS develops and provides science-based information about food nutrition and composition, nutrient metabolism and food safety.  Targeted programs enhance the health and nutrition for all citizens including the elderly, very young and others at risk, especially those economically disadvantaged.

• Food safety
• Nutrition
  • world class basic research and training
  • emphasis on low income populations
    
• Health
• Toxicology
• Bioterrorism
• Economic impacts
• Medical entomology:
  understanding and controlling insects affecting human health and wellbeing
  
  The Florida State Legislature recognizes the need for significant research on the biology and control of mosquitoes, especially about the effects of insect-carried diseases on the citizens of Florida and on its tourist industry. The Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory in Vero Beach has a legislative mandate to perform international research, education, and extension in the biology and control of biting insects and other arthropods which are important transmitters of disease or pest annoyance. Today, the FMEL is one of the world's largest research institutions devoted to the understanding and control of medically important and biting insects.

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