December 2019

If food is medicine, why isn’t it taught at medical schools? November 14, 2019 – In a new report published by the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic, researchers write that, on average, students in medical schools across the country spend less than 1 percent of...

Faculty Directory

Faculty Directory Deborah Tate, PhD Interim Director, Professor of Nutrition Behavioral weight management particularly delivered through web and mobile platforms dtate@unc.edu(919) 966-7546 Stephen Hursting, PhD, MPH Professor of Nutrition Diet-gene interaction...

Environment and Nutrition

Make a Gift Now Environment and Nutrition Beginning at conception, environmental factors in health can accumulate over a lifetime and be from sources as broad as geographic location and economic status to specific external sources including physical activity,...

Mentoring

Make a Gift Now Mentoring Part of the prestigious University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Nutrition Research Institute is home to accomplished research scientists with expertise in a range of fields, including nutrition, genetics, biochemistry, neuroscience,...

Faculty – Steven H. Zeisel, MD, PhD

Steven H. Zeisel, MD, PhD Professor Emeritus of Nutrition and Pediatrics Biography Publications News steven_zeisel@unc.edu704-250-5003 As the North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC) grows and more scientists and administrators move to Kannapolis, there is one face that...

Faculty – Natalia Krupenko, PhD

Natalia Krupenko, PhD Associate Professor of Nutrition Biography Team Publications News natalia_krupenko@unc.edu704-250-5054 Natalia Krupenko, PhD, Associate Professor of Nutrition, joined the UNC Nutrition Research Institute in April 2014. Dr. Krupenko’s research is...

Faculty – Sergey A. Krupenko, PhD

Sergey A. Krupenko, PhD Professor of Nutrition Biography Team Publications News sergey_krupenko@unc.edu704-250-5053 Sergey A. Krupenko, PhD, joined the UNC Nutrition Research Institute in 2014. Dr. Krupenko’s research focuses on vitamin folate and its role in liver...