We lead the field of Precision Nutrition research by applying advanced scientific methods for understanding individual requirements for and responses to nutrients.
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students, and staff who make discovery possible every day.
Choline, GLP-1s, and the Future of Precision Nutrition
through partnership.
students, and staff who make discovery possible every day.
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VIP 2025: Empowering the Next Generation of Nutrition Researchers
The NRI is excited to offer its Virtual Internship Program (VIP) for high school students for 2025! This 4-week, online-only program will allow students the opportunity to learn from NRI principal investigators and other research staff, participate in group mentoring...
Fueling Pregnancy: Mom’s Metabolic Transformation
Discover How NRI Graduate Student Fights Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Hannah Petry, a third-year doctoral student at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute, was recently awarded one of only eight prestigious travel awards. This award granted her the opportunity to present her groundbreaking research at the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders...
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The NRI is a center for precision nutrition training through programs for graduate and medical students, post-doctoral trainees, faculty, practicing physicians and other medical providers, registered dietitians, and industry professionals.