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Moore Family Center
Food as Medicine Series
We're offering a hands-on, organized way to learn about nutrition through a series of expert talks and Culinary Medicine Workshops.
Join us to explore the power of food. We'll look at:
- Food production and cultivation
- Food processing
- The future of nutrition science
You'll get to dive deep into these topics with our experts.
Food as Medicine Special Episode!
Food Insecurity: Learn and Act with the Moore Family Center
What you’ll gain
The Moore Family Center is hosting the Program Director of Linn Benton Food Share, OSU food insecurity researchers, and community advocates from OSU Extension and Linn County Health Department to discuss the current state of food insecurity.
SNAP benefits have been restored, but it's no secret that food insecurity is worsening in Oregon and across the country. Our goal is to educate our community about the facts, challenges, potential solutions, and how to get involved.
Panelists include
- Ryan McCambridge – Linn Benton Food Share
- Diego Nieto – Linn County Health Department
- Tina Dodge, MPH – OSU Extension
- Jenny Jackson, PhD, RDN, CHWC – OSU Nutrition faculty
- Mark Edwards, PhD – OSU Policy Analysis Laboratory
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Our story
Read about the history of the Moore Family Center
Moore Family Center Newsletter
Summer 2025
The Summer 2025 Moore Family Center newsletter focuses on nutrition and gut health. This issue highlights the innovative SHIME technology, new faculty research into the gut-brain axis, a student's award-winning work on infant milk digestion, and our expanding mentorship program.
In this issue
- Hot Topic: Meet the Simulator of the
Human Intestinal Microbial
Ecosystem (SHIME) - Research Updates
- Student Stories
- Mentorship Program
- Faculty Affiliates
- A Bright Future
Past issues
Research
We conduct research to unravel links between foods and health.
The Moore Family Center for Nutrition, Whole Grain Foods and Preventive Health is the nutrition science hub in the College of Health at Oregon State University.
The center facilitates synergies among partner researchers to advance nutrition science and train the next generation of scientists in six priority areas.
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Moore Family Center Team
See how the Moore Family Center's dedicated faculty are helping individuals and communities live healthier through healthy foods and good nutrition.
Our Health& Milk
If you have been down the dairy aisle in the grocery store recently, you might have thought that milk had changed significantly over the past 25 years. But milk has been evolving for more than 250 million years.
On a recent Our Health& episode, Associate Professor and Endowed Director of the Moore Family Center Dave Dallas and three nutrition graduate students for a town-hall style webcast on milk.
The discussion covered health effects and misconceptions surrounding bovine milk's impact on children and adults, the role human milk plays in infant nutrition, and the latest OSU research on milk's effect on gut health and blood pressure.
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Updates and news
Ashley McKelvey switched from nursing to nutrition research at OSU. Learn how her work on preterm infant digestion and human milk peptides impacts infant health.
See how nutrition researchers use the Simulator of the Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem (SHIME) to understand how dietary fibers promote healthy gut bacteria and improve infant nutrition.
The SHIME simulates human digestion in the lab, helping researchers study how foods break down, release nutrients, and affect gut bacteria. Learn how this remarkable technology is advancing nutrition science.
Outreach and education
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Hope Grows Here
Hope Grows Here is a mentor-supported gardening, nutrition education, and wellness study for cancer survivors. Learn more about participating, volunteering or student internships.
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Past projects
View our past outreach and education projects to see how the Moore Family Center has brought researchers and community partners together to improve health and well-being.
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Support the center
Amplify Bob and Charlee’s vision to bridge research to communities by funding cutting-edge translational research, learner-centered and experiential educational programs, and diverse community outreach to transform lives, especially those from vulnerable populations.
