Environment and Nutrition

July 23, 2019

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,...

Genes and Nutrition

July 23, 2019

Make a Gift Now Genes and Nutrition Each of us is metabolically unique. Gene variations known as SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) often are a factor in an individual’s ability to metabolize or use nutrients efficiently. Each of our specific nutrient needs is...

Microbiome and Nutrition

July 23, 2019

Make a Gift Now Microbiome and Nutrition The complex community of bacteria, yeasts and viruses living in our intestines, collectively known as the gut microbiome, is shaped, in part, by what we eat. Genetics, environment, and other factors also influence an...

Employment

July 15, 2019

Employment A World-Class Place to Work The Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) studies why people’s metabolism and nutrient requirements differ from person to person. As scientists, physicians, and healthcare practitioners better understand nutritional individuality,...

Zeisel Presents Before NIH

July 12, 2019 | News, Zeisel News

Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) Director Steven Zeisel, MD, PhD, recently presented before the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Nutrition Research Task Force (NRTF). The NRTF was established in October 2016 to coordinate and accelerate progress in nutrition...

July 2019

June 30, 2019 | soundbite-enews, Soundbites

Chinese herb may be a natural method of treating diabetes June 28, 2019 –The traditional Chinese herb Lycii Cortex (LyC), with its powerful compound kukoamine B, could be an effective nutraceutical choice for lowering blood glucose when used alone or in combination...

Faculty – Wimal Pathmasiri, PhD

June 26, 2019

wimal_pathmasiri@unc.edu(704) 250-5069 office(919) 951-4086 mobile Biography News Publications Wimal Pathmasiri, PhDAssociate Professor of Nutrition, Sumner Lab Wimal Pathmasiri, PhD is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s...

Faculty – Susan J. Sumner, PhD

June 26, 2019

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