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What Sugary Drinks May Be Doing to Your Liver—In Just Weeks
What Sugary Drinks May Be Doing to Your Liver—In Just Weeks Faustina Jeyaraj, MS, is a graduate student in the, Voruganti Lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Nutrition Research Institute (NRI). She completed her BS in plant biotechnology from...
What happens when you mix liquid nitrogen and hot water? Find out April 7 at STEM Night!
Katie A Meyer, ScD, MPH, Promoted to Associate Professor of Nutrition
The UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) is proud to recognize an important milestone in the career of Blake Rushing, PhD, Assistant Professor of Nutrition. Rushing now leads his own research program, marking the beginning of a new chapter in his work at the NRI. His laboratory focuses on understanding how nutrient metabolism shapes cancer development and treatment response.
Three Scientists Bringing New Perspectives to the NGx Short Course
The UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) is proud to recognize an important milestone in the career of Blake Rushing, PhD, Assistant Professor of Nutrition. Rushing now leads his own research program, marking the beginning of a new chapter in his work at the NRI. His laboratory focuses on understanding how nutrient metabolism shapes cancer development and treatment response.
Advancing Precision Nutrition: NRI Research Featured at CWLC Conference
The UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) is proud to recognize an important milestone in the career of Blake Rushing, PhD, Assistant Professor of Nutrition. Rushing now leads his own research program, marking the beginning of a new chapter in his work at the NRI. His laboratory focuses on understanding how nutrient metabolism shapes cancer development and treatment response.
STEM Night at the Ballpark Returns April 7
The UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) is proud to recognize an important milestone in the career of Blake Rushing, PhD, Assistant Professor of Nutrition. Rushing now leads his own research program, marking the beginning of a new chapter in his work at the NRI. His laboratory focuses on understanding how nutrient metabolism shapes cancer development and treatment response.
Advancing Precision Nutrition Strategies for Autism
What if one reason autism looks so different from child to child lies not only in behavior but in something as fundamental as daily nutrition?
Isis Trujillo-Gonzalez, PhD, Assistant Professor of Nutrition at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute, is leading groundbreaking research to explore how choline, an essential nutrient for brain development, may help explain differences in cognitive and language outcomes among autistic children.
Free event – Nutrition Myths: Fact or Fake?
Free event - Nutrition Myths: Fact or Fake?Katie Meyer, ScD, is a nutritional and cardiovascular disease epidemiologist. Her research focuses on diet-related health behaviors and nutritional risk factors for cardiometabolic disease. She is a recent recipient of a...
When Biology, Not Willpower, Predicts Weight Loss
The UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) is proud to recognize an important milestone in the career of Blake Rushing, PhD, Assistant Professor of Nutrition. Rushing now leads his own research program, marking the beginning of a new chapter in his work at the NRI. His laboratory focuses on understanding how nutrient metabolism shapes cancer development and treatment response.
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