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We’re looking for a mural artist
The City of Kannapolis and the UNC Nutrition Research Institute, as lead partners in a NC Research Campus collaboration for the NC Science Festival, are issuing a Call for Design Proposals. North Carolina artists (high school age and beyond) are invited to submit a...
New Optimism for Breaking the Obesity-Cancer Link
by Violet Kiesel, PhD Obesity is a major problem. Having obesity increases risk of developing serious chronic diseases like cancer, which can reduce quality of life and lifespan. This risk becomes more striking when considering the growing number of people who are...
Precision nutrition improves health at individual level, expert says
Susan Sumner, PhD, is a professor of Nutrition and pharmacology at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute. Using state-of-the-art metabolomics and exposome technologies, Sumner’s team determines how molecules that are present in our tissues and biological fluids are...
Precision Nutrition: Connections Between Food, Environment, & Health Mini-Symposium
Join the UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH) for Precision Nutrition: Connections Between Food, Environment, & Health, a free virtual mini-symposium from 2:00-4:00pm on Wednesday March 22, 2023. Precision nutrition is an emerging personalized...
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UNC-Chapel Hill Nutrition Students Visit NRI
On Friday, February 3, 50 nutrition students from UNC-Chapel Hill came to the UNC Nutrition Research Institute with their professor, Amanda Holliday, to practice nutrition assessment techniques in a new setting and learn more about nutrition from a research...
‘I know what it’s like’: Rachel Goode researches eating disorders among Black women
This article originally appeared on The Daily Tarheel. By Brianna Atkinson Content warning: This article contains mention of eating disorders. * * * Rachel Goode isn’t your typical researcher. Her lab’s website is filled with bright colors and patterns instead of...
Speed Dating with the NRI: 3-Minute Nutrition Theories
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