Department of Nutritional Sciences Faculty & Staff

Clinical Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Bioactive food components; the role of diet and lifestyle in reducing inflammation and preventing chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, cancer, and cardiovascular disease

Associate Professor 

Research Interests: Health disparities: impact of sleep on dietary intake; metabolic syndrome; diabetes and cardiovascular disease in minority males; use of technology for tailored interventions 

Associate Professor 

Research Interests: Nutrigenomics: Role of diet in chronic disease prevention (obesity, diabetes, cancer); cardiovascular disease and other metabolic conditions 

Associate Professor

Research Interests: Gene-nutrient interactions and their impact on health outcomes and metabolic diseases at three levels: tissue culture using both human and animal cells, genetically altered animal models, and translational studies

Assistant Professor, Director of Coordinated Program in Dietetics

Research Interests: Obesity with a focus on nutrition education in the medical profession; nutrition education in patients with chronic diseases; the role of exercise in patients undergoing bariatric surgery 

Associate Professor 

Research Interests: Molecular Bases for Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and metabolic syndrome; new drug development; bioactive herbal constituents and functional genomics

Clinical Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Medical Nutrition Therapy; Clinical Nutrition Management; nutrition informatics; patient experience; project management

Assistant Professor 

Research Interests: Chronic disease prevention; nutrition/health disparities