AFL Program Summaries 2020
Appetite For Life – Thursday, January 16, 2020: “Genes and individual response to nutrients in bone health,” was presented by Saroja Voruganti, PhD, Associate Professor of Nutrition, UNC Nutrition Research Institute. Studies have shown that obesity and diabetes weaken...AFL Program Summaries 2017
Appetite For Life – September 27, 2017, with Folami Ideraabdullah, PhD: “Vitamin D and Human Health: 10 Things Your Mother Never Told You”. Vitamin D is an essential vitamin linked to human health and diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. It occurs...AoU: The Nutrition for Precision Health Study
Can a personalized diet help improve health and prevent chronic diseases?
The Nutrition for Precision Health study is trying to answer this question by studying how individual people respond to different foods.
Recruitment Requirements:
• 18 years or older, speak English or Spanish
• Live near one of the study sites
• Enrolled in the All of Us Research Program
New Insights into Weight Loss Medications and Their Impact on Breast Cancer Risk
This article originally appeared on OncLive.com. Stephen Hursting, PhD, MPH, professor, Department of Nutrition, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, and professor of nutrition, UNC Nutrition Research Institute,...
Rachel W. Goode, PhD, MPH, LCSW, Promoted to Associate Professor of Social Work
Rachel W. Goode, PhD, MPH, LCSW has been promoted to Associate Professor of Social Work at the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her promotion also encompasses her work at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) where Goode’s...
Grant Award Fuels NRI Postdoc’s Mission to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Paola Campos, PhD, a postdoctoral research associate in the Goode Lab at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute, has been awarded a grant from SPLENDOR-NC (Supporting, Promoting, and Launching the Expansion of Nutrition, Diabetes, and Obesity Researchers in North...