Melinda Spooner

Melinda H. Spooner, PhD

Melinda H. Spooner, PhD

Alumni

Biography

Melinda, while a doctoral student, was interested in the use of nutritional supplements as therapies for chronic diseases, especially those involving inflammation. Her projects focused on understanding the progressive nature of Western diet-induced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and the efficacy of therapeutic docosahexaenoic acid in attenuating hepatic injury associated with NASH in a mouse model. She planned to advocate for the use of dietary prophylaxis against the development of chronic disease.