Firsts for an NRI Young Scientist
Tracey He has the distinction of being the first NRI researcher to have earned a master’s degree while working in an NRI lab. Her story is one of passion and dedication.
Study Shows Mother’s Diet Affects Child’s Genes
NRI director Dr. Steven Zeisel is co-author of a study showing that a mother’s diet before conception can permanently affect how her child’s genes function. The study has been published in Nature Communications.
Publications Sourcing for items without PDFs.
Each of these publications do not have a PDF or online file in which to look. These publications are listed in descending chronological order by date. The files are either still in press or have not been released to the public by the publishing company.
Dr. Mihai Niculescu
Dr. Mihai Niculescu joined the UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) team in 2008 to study how maternal obesity influences children’s health in the long term. Niculescu specializes in the study of epigenetics and nutrition, which help to explain how diet sets the...Philip May Ph.D.
Philip A. May, PhD, joined the NRI in 2011 as Research Professor. He is an expert in the field of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and the epidemiology of a number of health-related behaviors. Dr. May has conducted extensive research on the epidemiology and...Folami Ideraabdullah, Ph.D.
Folami Ideraabdullah, Ph.D., joined the UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) in 2013 as assistant professor of genetics in the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Dr. Ideraabdullah joined the NRI to expand her research program in genetics to study the role of...Steven H. Zeisel M.D., Ph.D.
As the North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC) grows and more scientists and administrators move to Kannapolis, there is one face that has been here since the beginning. In fact, UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) Director Steven Zeisel, M.D., Ph.D., was a leader in...Dr. Steven Zeisel presents research at Harvard Nutrition Symposium
Dr. Steven Zeisel, NRI Director, spoke at the 11th Annual Postgraduate Nutrition Symposium at Harvard University. His presentation centered on the topic of choline as an essential dietary nutrient in humans.