Chronic disease is at epidemic proportions and precision nutrition represents an opportunity to understand complex mechanisms underlying health and disease and to formulate personalized prevention and treatment regimes. Our multidisciplinary training provides courses and experiential learning that addresses core competencies important in the establishment of research and education programs targeting precision nutrition. Development of human capital and addition to the labor force of individuals who conduct innovative and cross-disciplinary research, contribute to public education and advance science, and thereby reduce the burden of chronic diseases.