July 8, 2021 | News, Pathmasiri News, Sumner News
Published on The Gillings School of Global Public Health website May 19, 2021. Research has shown that using illicit drugs, including opiates and opioids, can disrupt a person’s metabolism and impact neurological and behavioral function. Experts at the UNC Gillings...
January 21, 2021 | News, Trujillo News, Voruganti News, Zeisel News
UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) researchers were invited participants in the virtual Precision Nutrition: Research Gaps and Opportunities Workshop held by the National Institutes of Health (co-sponsors: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI),...
October 16, 2020 | News, News Rushing, Sumner News
The Nutrition Research Institute is home to accomplished research scientists with expertise in a range of fields, including nutrition, genetics, biochemistry, neuroscience, epidemiology, toxicology, psychology, and medicine. Separately and together they are breaking...
September 23, 2020 | News
This article was published originally by UNC-Chapel Hill in Health and Medicine on Wednesday, August 26th, 2020. A review of COVID-19 studies reveals a troubling connection between two health crises: coronavirus and obesity. From COVID-19 risk to recovery, the odds...
August 3, 2020 | soundbite-enews, Soundbites
Natalia Krupenko, PhD, Promoted to Associate Professor of Nutrition April 30, 2020 – Natalia Krupenko, PhD, has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Nutrition Research...
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...
