AFL Program Summaries September 2020 – May 2021

Appetite For Life with a Twist – Wednesday, September 16, 2020 “Nutrition Risks for COVID-19” was presented via Zoom by Martin Kohlmeier, MD, PhD. As Covid-19 continues to spread throughout the US, a number of scientists favor the hypothesis that vitamin D...

September 2020

Precision Nutrition–the Answer to “What to Eat to Stay Healthy” August 28, 2020 – From an opinion paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association by Griffin P. Rodgers, MD, and Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD for NIH. The long-recognized centrality...

August 2020

What I Learned About Nutrition Risks for COVID-19  July 30, 2020 – by Martin Kohlmeier, MD, PhD I am just reading that the Director-General of the World Health Association, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a briefing that the Covid-19 pandemic “is not even close...

June 2020

Fighting Vitamin D Deficiency May Lower Risk of Contracting COVID-19 Especially among Common High-risk Groups  May 30, 2020 – Vitamin D deficiency impedes good immune function and has been shown to contribute to the seasonal increase of viral respiratory infections,...

Faculty – Susan J. Sumner, PhD

Susan J. Sumner, PhD Professor of Nutrition and Pharmacology Biography Team Publications News susan_sumner@unc.edu(919) 622-4456View CVFaculty Page – School of PharmacologySumner Lab Twitter account Susan Sumner, PhD is a Professor of Nutrition at UNC Chapel...

August 2017

Precision Nutrition Needed For Healthy Military Muscles By Allan Maurer, NCBiotech Writer Eat colorful meals and make sure you get enough choline. That’s the key advice two nutrition experts offered during lunch at the Medical, BioMedical & BioDefense: Support the...

December 2016

Mom’s Diet Can Affect Development of Next Two Generations Nutritional deficiencies during pregnancy can have lasting effects across generations that impact development not only of children, but also of grandchildren. These heritable effects are linked to...