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The 2015-2026 picture for Pennsylvania State University Department of Nutritional Sciences is a 37-PI network with 99 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Medicine as the leading field (36% of slots across 30 PIs; 30 labels), Nutrition and Dietetics as the leading subfield (16% of slots across 16 PIs; 16 labels), and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet as the leading topic (8% of slots across 9 PIs; 9 labels). That is a nice sign for applicants and collaborators, because the network has both density and separable local groups. The leading PI names are Xiang Gao (64.1 weighted works; Sleep and related disorders, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet). The clearest collaboration lines are Penny M. Kris‐Etherton and Kristina Petersen (61 shared works, weight 31.8); Barbara J. Rolls and Kathleen Keller (51 shared works, weight 26.7). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 85.7, around Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, Nutrition and Dietetics, led by Xiang Gao, Barbara J. Rolls, Jennifer S. Savage.