Nutrition

John is interested in identifying better biomarkers of food intake and identifying the role of the gut microbiome in driving inter-individual variation in metabolite generation and health outcomes following consumption of specific foods. His... read more

Lauren is a graduate student in the Translational and Integrative Sciences Lab working on projects in data harmonization and ontology curation. Lauren works on a wide array of ontologies including the Mondo Disease Ontology and the... read more

Paige’s research interests include food-health interactions at various levels of complexity that play a role in the etiology of lifestyle diseases. She is more specifically interested in nutrient and phytochemical interactions that play a role... read more

Michael’s research focuses on examining the personal, social, and environmental determinants of health supportive behaviors. As a researcher, Michael aims to identify and describe nutrition and physical activity messages in influential mediums... read more

Lara is interested in the effects of nutrition and lifestyle factors on bone health. Her current research focuses on (1) the relationship between IGF-1, bone turnover, and bone marrow adiposity in a non-human primate model of voluntary ethanol... read more

Melinda is interested in the use of nutritional supplements as therapies for chronic diseases especially those involving inflammation. Her current projects focus on 1) understanding the progressive nature of Western diet (WD)-induced... read more