June 25, 2026 | News, Hursting News, Meyer News, Mooney News, N Krupenko News, News Rushing, Pathmasiri News, S Krupenko News, Saini News, Smith News, Stewart News, Sumner News, Tate News, Trujillo News, Voruganti News, Ximena News, Zeisel News
Every discovery begins with a question. But at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute, many discoveries also begin with a participant willing to say yes.
In this personal essay, Brooke Giles reflects on what it is like to experience NRI research from the participant side — and why taking part in a study can help advance science, support better health and contribute to discoveries that may benefit families, communities and future generations.
June 17, 2026 | News, Hursting News, Meyer News, Mooney News, N Krupenko News, News Rushing, Pathmasiri News, S Krupenko News, Saini News, Smith News, Stewart News, Sumner News, Tate News, Trujillo News, Voruganti News, Ximena News, Zeisel News
At the UNC Nutrition Research Institute, discovery does not happen in a single moment. Between the first research question and the final publication is the careful, often unseen work of planning, recruiting participants, gathering data, building teams, and refining ideas. This invisible middle is where science takes shape.
July 25, 2025 | Machine Learning, News, Trujillo News, Zeisel News
The go-to textbook for future doctors, dietitians, and researchers—now features a new choline chapter by UNC NRI’s Isis Trujillo-Gonzalez, PhD, and Steven Zeisel, MD, PhD, spotlighting this vital yet under-consumed nutrient.
February 14, 2024 | Goode News, Hursting News, News, Trujillo News, Zeisel News
In 2008, the UNC Nutrition Research Institute opened its doors with just two faculty members and nine staff. Established as an institute in the Nutrition department of the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the...
December 8, 2023 | Hursting News, Meyer News, News, Smith News, Symposium, Trujillo News, Zeisel News
First established as an essential nutrient in 1998, choline is a nutrient with critical roles in the health and development of the brain, liver, and more. The past 25 years have seen significant advances in the choline field, however, the question remains: What’s...
