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Latest NRI News
Congratulations to the NRI’s Newest Doctoral Graduates
The Nutrition Research Institute has two reasons to be extra thankful this holiday season: we are celebrating two new PhDs! Congratulations to Kaylee Helfrich, PhD, and Evan Paules, PhD, our most recent NRI doctoral graduates. Kaylee Helfrich, PhD, (Smith Lab)...
Innovation. Discovery. Impact.
Fiscal Year 2021 was a landmark year in the history of the UNC Nutrition Research Institute: We transitioned directorship while continually adapting to safety requirements to operate our world-class center during a worldwide pandemic. We are delighted to share with...
Student Success at the NRI: Alleigh Wiggs, Breast Cancer Researcher and Advocate
Congratulations to Alleigh Wiggs, a student researcher with the Sumner Lab, whose research on the effects of diet and exercise on endogenous estrogens and subsequent breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women was recently published in Frontiers in Endocrinology....