January 24, 2022 | Cheatham News, News
Many of us in the new year resolve to be healthier. It’s a great goal, but how do we accomplish it? Kendra Nelson, MPH, a registered dietitian and member of the Voruganti lab here at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute, has provided us with some great guidelines to...
January 4, 2022 | N Krupenko News, News
The Natalia Krupenko Lab was lit up this holiday season as lab members celebrated recent publications and presentations. The Krupenko Lab’s research is focused on the role of folate (Vitamin B9) in promoting health and preventing disease in humans. Congratulations to...
November 16, 2021 | News, Smith News
The Nutrition Research Institute has two reasons to be extra thankful this holiday season: we are celebrating two new PhDs! Congratulations to Kaylee Helfrich, PhD, and Evan Paules, PhD, our most recent NRI doctoral graduates. Kaylee Helfrich, PhD, (Smith Lab)...
October 18, 2021 | Annual Report, News
Fiscal Year 2021 was a landmark year in the history of the UNC Nutrition Research Institute: We transitioned directorship while continually adapting to safety requirements to operate our world-class center during a worldwide pandemic. We are delighted to share with...
October 7, 2021 | News, News Rushing, pub-cancer, Stewart News, Sumner News
Congratulations to Alleigh Wiggs, a student researcher with the Sumner Lab, whose research on the effects of diet and exercise on endogenous estrogens and subsequent breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women was recently published in Frontiers in Endocrinology....
August 13, 2021 | News, Smith News
Susan M. Smith, PhD, has been named the inaugural holder of The Dickson Foundation – Harris Teeter Distinguished Professorship in Nutrition. Smith, who joined the UNC-Chapel Hill faculty in 2016, is a professor of Nutrition at the Gillings School of Global Public...
