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Protein Intake at Twice the RDA in Older Men Increases Circulatory Concentrations of the Microbiome Metabolite Trimethylamine-N-Oxide (TMAO).
Mitchell SM1, Milan AM2,3, Mitchell CJ4,5, Gillies NA6, D’Souza RF7,8, Zeng N9, Ramzan F10, Sharma P11, Knowles SO12, Roy NC13,14,15, Sjödin A16, Wagner KH17, Zeisel SH18, Cameron-Smith D19,20,21.
Melissa Shaffer
Social/Clinical Research Assistant, Cheatham Lab Melissa Shaffer joined the Nutrition Research Institute in January of 2020 as a research assistant in Dr. Cheatham’s Nutrition and Cognition Lab. In 2015 she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Bryan...
Justin Chandler
Mr. Chandler graduated with a B.S. in Human Biology from North Carolina State University in May 2019. He joined the Sumner Lab as a Research Technician in September 2019. He hopes to learn more about the importance of metabolomics and it's applications for human...
Sierra Bonney, MS
Sierra Bonney worked as a graduate research assistant in Dr. Esposito’s lab at the NC State University Plants for Human Health Institute from 2016 to 2019. She received her MS in Animal Science from NCSU where her research focused on the role of plant bioactives in...
Emmanuel Baah, MD
Dr. Baah is from Ghana where he practiced medicine before migrating to the United States. He says, "My passion to go into medicine stems from the experiences I had growing up in a small town of about a thousand people with limited access to healthcare. I developed the...
Blake Rushing, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Sumner Lab Blake Rushing, PhD, is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Nutrition Research Institute (NRI). Dr. Rushing is trained in pharmacology and toxicology, and has experience...
Yuanyuan Li, PhD
Mass Spectrometry Lab Manager, Sumner Lab Yuanyuan Li, PhD is the manager of the mass spectrometry facility in the Sumner-Lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Nutrition Research Institute (NRI). Dr. Li is a co-investigator in the NIEHS-funded...
David Kirchner, MS
Research Associate, Sumner Lab David Kirchner, MS is a Research Associate in the Sumner-Lab at NRI. He uses his training in mass spectrometry to analyze proteins and metabolites in biospecimens. Mr Kirchner has over 20 years of experience working in laboratories to...
Susan McRitchie, MA, MS
Program Manager and Lead Biostatistician, Sumner Lab Susan McRitchie, MA, MS, is the lead biostatistician in the Sumner-Lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Nutrition Research Institute (NRI). She has over 20 years of experience using statistics...