NRI Researcher Links Choline Deficiency To Impaired Brain Structure
September 21, 2016 • Natalia Surzenko, Ph.D., is part of a team of researchers at the UNC-Chapel Hill Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) located on the North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC) in Kannapolis focusing their efforts on brain development. Her current goal is to determine the role of choline as an essential nutrient for development of the cerebral cortex.
Hungry for more? Food theme serves a second helping this fall
September 20, 2016 • Food For All, Carolina’s pan-University academic theme, didn’t take a summer break, said the co-chairs of the theme’s steering committee. And the theme will serve up even more this fall, including a speaker series, a summit to propose a statewide food policy and a new food studies class.
Corporate Event: December 1, 2016
You’re invited to eat with the Nutrition Research Institute. Join business colleagues and learn why we explore personalized nutrition and how it impacts brain development and memory, and obesity-related diseases like cancer, heart disease and diabetes....Radio Health Journal Interviews Dr. Philip May
September 7, 2016 • Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is the largest preventable cause of developmental disabilities in the US, and studies show it is far more common than previously suspected, especially in certain populations. Experts explain how better prevention efforts could greatly reduce a wide variety of social problems.