Blake Rushing, PhD
Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Sumner Lab
blake_rushing@unc.edu
704-250-5089
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North Carolina Research Campus team receives major NIH award for precision nutrition research
KANNAPOLIS, N.C., January 27, 2022 – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $19.2 million 5-year grant, pending the availability of funds, to a consortium of North Carolina university researchers who will apply cutting-edge analytical techniques to...
Student Success at the NRI: Alleigh Wiggs, Breast Cancer Researcher and Advocate
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....
Movin’ On Up: Faculty Promotions
The Nutrition Research Institute is home to accomplished research scientists with expertise in a range of fields, including nutrition, genetics, biochemistry, neuroscience, epidemiology, toxicology, psychology, and medicine. Separately and together they are breaking...
Publications 2023
Rajasekar AK, Miller GM, Motsinger-Reif A, Cui Y, Walker D, Makris K, Jarmusch A, Rushing BR, Juarez P, Hood D, Ramesh A, Mouton C, Soliman G, Chung MK. Establishing a Community of Practice for Exposomics. Exposome. 2023. Under Review
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Publications 2022
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