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A Nutrigenetic Study of Purine Metabolism and Cognitive Function

July 24, 2020 | Cheatham, Cheatham News, News, Voruganti News

Nutrigenetic research at the NRI often focuses on brain development and health across the lifespan. Recently, faculty members Carol Cheatham, PhD, and Saroja Voruganti, PhD, received a supplemental grant from the National Institute of Aging (NIA), a division of the...

What I Learned About Nutrition Risks for COVID-19

July 23, 2020 | Kohlmeier, Kohlmeier News, News

This blog post was originally published on BMJ Journals – COVID-19 on July 3, 2020. Martin Kohlmeier, MD, PhD Review by Shane McAuliffe RD and Prof Sumantra (Shumone) Ray on behalf of the NNEdPro Nutrition & Covid-19 Taskforce I am just reading that the...

Precision Nutrition in Medicine

June 25, 2020

Precision Nutrition in Medicine Identifiable molecular traits that highlight individual differences are often the underlying factor for the differences in response to nutritional intervention. Precision nutrition is, therefore, premised on the recognition that even...

January AFL Program Recap: “Genes and Individual Response to Nutrients in Bone Health”

February 19, 2020 | AFL, Community News, News

January 22, 2020 – If you missed January’s Appetite for Life presentation by Saroja Voruganti, PhD, you can catch up. Click through to this post and watch the entire program on video. The live presentation took place at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College in Kannapolis on Thursday, January 16, 2020.

Yuanyuan Li, PhD

February 11, 2020 | Uncategorized

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...

February 2020

January 30, 2020 | soundbite-enews, Soundbites

Early-Life Predictors of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders January 22, 2020 –The clinical teams at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute and in South Africa led by principal investigator Philip A. May, PhD have published findings of a decade-long effort to drive down...

NGx Speakers

January 28, 2020

NGx Home Speakers Agenda Lodging Hosts UNC NRI NORC Sponsors Coddle Creek Capital NC Biotech Truly Good Foods Speakers Keynote: Naïma Moustaïd-Moussa, Ph.D., FTOS, FAHA Horn Distinguished Professor, Nutritional Sciences and AVP for Research and Director, Obesity...

Internships

January 16, 2020

Make a Gift Now Internships Apply for a Research Internship Apply for a Business Internship High School Virtual Internship Program Questions? Email our team by clicking here. The Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) studies why people’s metabolism and nutrient...