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Current Graduate Students and Their Research Interests
Student Name |
Advisor |
Degree |
Thesis Research |
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A. Bares |
Donovan |
M.S. |
Effects of early nutrition and prebiotics on the development and genomic regulation of the intestine |
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J. Barnes |
Tappenden |
M.S. |
Nutrient and microbiota regulation of intestinal function |
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K. Cephas |
Swanson |
M.S. |
Correlations between obesity and intestinal microbiota |
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G. Chiu |
Freund |
M.S. |
Nutritional immunity to sickness: the role of cross-tolerance |
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S. Cope |
Donovan |
M.S. |
Effect of nutritional ingredients on the neonatal lung immune response |
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J. Croix |
Gaskins |
M.D./Ph.D. (Medical Scholars Program) |
Goblet cell responses to environmental stimuli |
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G. Crowley |
Evans |
M.S. |
Body composition and physical function |
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S. Davis |
Donovan |
Ph.D. |
Effect of nutritional ingredients on the innate immune response |
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D. Dev |
Kim |
Ph.D. |
Preschool childcare and overweight risk: Potential causes and intervention |
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L. Diaz Rios |
Chapman-Novakofski |
Ph.D. |
Incorporating self-efficacy and motivating mediators into a community-based diabetes education program |
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A. Elsen |
Erdman, Jr. |
M.S. |
Carotenoid metabolism in female mice lacking carotenoid cleavage enzymes |
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N. Engelmann |
Erdman, Jr. |
Ph.D. |
Plant cell cultures as a source of radiolabeled dietary carotenoids for metabolic and prostate cancer research |
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N. Ford |
Erdman, Jr. |
Ph.D. |
Effects of lycopene upon prostate tumor growth in the Dunning rat model |
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R. Ganu |
Schook |
Ph.D. |
Developmental changes in betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase expression in pig fetus |
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R. Grant |
Swanson |
Ph.D. |
Adipotoxicity biomarker discovery using a canine diet-induced obesity model |
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H. Holscher |
Tappenden |
M.S. |
Impact of probiotics on the developing infant intestine |
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S. Jang |
Johnson |
Ph.D. |
Dietary antioxidants and the neurobehavioral deficits induced by aging |
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J. Johnson |
de Mejia |
Ph.D. |
Inflammation in colon cancer: role of bioactive peptides |
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M. Kaczmarczyk |
Freund |
Ph.D. |
Immune function and the gut |
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D. Kashtanov |
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M.S. |
Intestinal microbiota, prebiotics and bacterial translocation |
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L. Kedem |
Chapman-Novakofski |
M.S. |
Relationship among BMI, outcome expectancy, and self-efficacy in nutrition with caloric intake at baseline for college-age females |
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K. Kerr |
Swanson |
M.S. |
Effects of diet composition and processing strategy on nutrient digestibility and nitrogen balance in domestic and wild felids |
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N. Khan |
Evans |
Ph.D. |
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T. Kraft |
Lila |
M.D./Ph.D. (Medical Scholars Program) |
Study of plants and plant components for disease protection |
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D. Lavin |
Freund |
Ph.D. |
Inflammatory complications of obesity |
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J. Lee |
Kuhlenschmidt |
M.S. |
Dietary intervention strategies for the treatment of cyrptosporidosis: mechanism of L-PUFA-mediated inhibition |
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J. Li |
Loor |
M.S. |
The effects of t10, c12-CLA intake on liver gene expression in growing male mice |
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A. Liu |
Erdman, Jr. |
M.S. |
Bioactive components in tomatoes and their effects on genes related to prostate cancer |
|
J. Lu |
Donovan |
M.S. |
Infant formula additive and piglet intestinal development |
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C. Luevano Contreras |
Chapman-Novakofski |
Ph.D. |
Dietary advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and oxidative stress and complications in Hispanics and non-Hispanic white patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 |
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H. Mangian |
Tappenden |
Ph.D. |
The regulation of intestinal function by nutrients |
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A. Masinelli |
Wilund |
M.S. |
Exercise training and protein supplementation on co-morbidities in renal patients |
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R. A. Mathai |
Donovan |
M.S. |
Modulation of intestinal digestive morphology and function by soy isoflavones in healthy and rotavirus-infected piglets |
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M. Mojtahedi |
Evans |
Ph.D. |
Higher protein weight loss diet and exercise for optimal changes in body composition, physical function and inflammation in older mildly frail women |
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M. Moon |
Freund |
Ph.D. |
Hypoxia-induced hypoglycemia |
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C. Moulton |
Layman |
Ph.D. |
Dietary protein and exercise effects on skeletal muscle and body composition |
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J. Mun |
Lila |
M.S. |
Isotopic labeling of isoflavones from plant cell cultures for metabolic tracking in animal models |
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H. Muzaffar |
Chapman-Novakofski |
Ph.D. |
Effect of an interactive web based educational program, the HOT (healthy outcome for teens) project, focusing on preventing obesity and diabetes |
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G. Naseri-Kouzehgarani |
Chapman-Novakofski |
M.S. |
Diabetes Education Classes: Soy behavior and bone density screening |
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G. Nava-Morales |
Gaskins |
Ph.D. |
Molecular ecological analysis of the human intestinal microbiota |
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E. Nehrling |
Tappenden |
M.S. |
Stimulation of intestinal adaptation following resection through prebiotics, probiotics and GLP-2 administration |
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L. Norton |
Layman |
Ph.D. |
Molecular and cellular regulation of muscle protein synthesis |
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M. J. Park |
Freund |
Ph.D. |
CamKK-alpha and its role in macrophage activation |
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V. Peters |
Freund |
Ph.D./M.D. |
Nutritional interventions in sickness behavior |
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K. Plawecki |
Chapman-Novakofski |
Ph.D. |
Nutrition education and osteoporosis |
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N. Pratt |
Nakamura |
M.S. |
A 6-month nutrition education curriculum for weight loss and healthy eating |
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E. Radlowski |
Donovan |
M.S. |
Effect of route of delivery and early neonatal nutrition on the development of the intestinal microbiota of piglets |
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E. Reznikov |
Donovan |
M.S. |
Infant formula additives and piglet mucosal immune development |
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M. Schreckinger |
de Mejia |
M.S. |
Comparison of the fermented and non fermented Andean berries on their effectiveness to reduce adipogenesis and lipid accumulation |
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B. Smith |
O'Brien, Jr. |
M.S. |
Blood-based biomarker development in atherosclerotic animal models |
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R. Strakovsky |
Pan |
M.S. |
Obesity programming by maternal nutrition |
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M. Thorpe |
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M.D./Ph.D. (Medical Scholars Program) |
Dietary soy consumption effects on obesity and related chronic health conditions |
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E. Tomayko |
Wilund |
Ph.D. |
Effect of dietary components on coronary artery calcification and mineral metabolism |
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S. Volker |
Jeffery |
Ph.D. |
Crucifers and estrogen-dependent cancers |
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Y. Wang |
Teran-Garcia |
M.S. |
Childhood obesity |
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Z. Wang |
Korban |
Ph.D. |
The efficacy of a subunit vaccine against influenza expressed in plant tissues |
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G. Wilson |
Garlick |
Ph.D. |
Optimal protein intake for healthy sedentary and trained populations across the age span |
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J. Woodard |
Tappenden |
Ph.D. |
Inflammatory bowel disease and the role of short chain fatty acids in the regulation of intestinal adaptation following injury |
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F. Yang |
Schook |
Ph.D. |
Effects on diet on the gut microbiome: a pig clonal model |
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K. Zuniga |
Erdman, Jr. |
Ph.D. |
Soy, carotenoids and prostate cancer |
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