Our Purpose
Unleashing knowledge, innovation, and leadership
The UCLA Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies provides a dynamic hub for collaborative teams to forge a model for problem solving— a global model that inspires the innovative thinking and leadership essential to shaping our future.
Dedicated to becoming a world leader through food studies
Embodying UCLA’s commitment to interdisciplinary study and the cross-pollination of research fields, student engagement and public outreach, the UCLA Rothman Family Institute will become a world leader in using food as a lens to guide and inform public policy, community organization, education, public health and medicine, environmental justice, and the arts.
Food Studies Program
About the Rothman Family Institute
The UCLA Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies is a dynamic hub that transforms our appreciation and understanding of food through high-caliber interdisciplinary research, teaching and co-curricular programs, bringing together and building on:
UCLA’s diverse student body with its commitment to inclusivity and social progress
Thriving partnerships with initiatives like the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center
Rothman Institute Research Goals:
Develop effective strategies for sustainable production
Resolve disparities that lead to food and health inequities
Effectively promote knowledge of food across diverse communities of Los Angeles, the United States and the world
Support individuals to help navigate food choice amidst conflicting information
Advance innovations in food systems and policy into the future to support human and planetary health
