Current Nutrition Students and Recent Alumni

Kristen Arnold
Advisor: Tonya Orchard
Thesis: Development and Testing of a Dietary Intervention to Enhance Diet Quality and Improve Inflammation in Postmenopausal Women: LASO-3 (Low-Added Sugar, High Fiber, and Omega-3s)

Carlos A. Cardona Soto
Advisor: Amanda Bird
Thesis: Mapping the minimal DNA element required for Loz1 mediated gene repression in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Boluwatiwi O. Durojaye
Advisor: Earl Harrison
Thesis: Beta-apocarotenoids: occurrence in cassava biofortified with beta-carotene and mechanisms of uptake in Caco-2 intestinal cells

Kara Golis
Advisor: Julie Kennel
Thesis: Corner Stores Offer Few Ingredients Needed to Prepare Healthy Recipes Promoted at Point-of-Purchase

Haleigh Golub
Advisor: Julie Kennel
Thesis: Comparison of Single Versus Additive Behavioral Economics Interventions on Selection and Consumption of National School Lunch Program Meal Components

Blair Jenkins
Advisor: Amanda Bird
Thesis: Mapping zinc-responsive elements in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Allison Labyk
Advisor: Carolyn Gunther
Thesis: Adaptation of the Simple Suppers Family Meals Intervention to a Head Start Setting: Feasibility and Health Behavior Outcomes

Leah May
Advisor: Carolyn Gunther
Thesis: Southside Simple Suppers Scale-Up (S4): Results of a Type Two Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of an Evidence-Based Family Meals Program

Bryan Olmstead
Advisor: Richard Bruno
Thesis: Independent Bioactivities of Green Tea Catechins On Gut Health During NASH

Holly Paden
Advisor: Sanja Ilic
Thesis: Contamination of Fresh Produce with Human Pathogens in Domestic and Commercial Kitchens

Jennifer Petrosino
Advisor: Ouliana Ziouzenkova
Thesis: Graded Maximal Exercise Testing to Assess Mouse Cardio-Metabolic Phenotypes

Brawnie Petrov
Advisor: Ouliana Ziouzenkova
Thesis: A New Role for Vitamin D Binding Protein in Bipolar Disorder

Victor Pool
Advisor: Sanja Ilic
Thesis: Consumer Perceptions, Pathogen Detection, and Removal Rate Determination in Market-style Restaurants

Sarah Puchala
Advisor: Martha Belury
Thesis: The Association Between Adiponectin Levels and Lean Body Mass in Postmenopausal Women

Vanessa M. Reed
Advisor: Earl Harrison
Thesis: β-Carotene 15,15’-oxygenase 1 (BCO1) and β-Carotene 9’,10’-oxygenase 2 (BCO2) distribution in cells from rat liver and intestine

Madeline Stern
Co-advisors: Rachel Kopec and Irene Hatsu
Thesis: Does Blood Nutrient Concentration Correlate with ADHD and Emotional Dysregulation Symptom Severity? Exploring the Effects of Multinutrient Supplementation in ADHD Youth

Susan Rymut
Co-advisors: Tonya Orchard and Irene Hatsu
Thesis: Association of Red Blood Cell Omega-3 Fatty Acids with Dietary Intake and Mental Health Outcomes in Homeless Youth

Emily Shaw
Advisor: Richard Bruno
Thesis: Dietary incorporation of potato-resistant starch as part of a Dietary Guidelines for Americans diet on cardiometabolic responses along the gut-liver axis in metabolic syndrome

Angela Rose
Advisor: Martha Belury
Thesis: n-3 fatty acids in breast cancer

Kylie Thompson
Advisor: Tonya Orchard
Thesis: Long Chain Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Inflammation in Post-menopausal, Obese Women Completing the LAS-O3 Intervention

Stephanie Vadergriff
Advisor: Irene Hatsu
Thesis: Characterizing the Nutritional Health of Unaccompanied Homeless Youth

Kellie Weinhold
Advisor: Carla Miller
Thesis: Efficacy of a worksite trial of the diabetes prevention program among employees with prediabetes

Katie Pawelczyk
Advisor: Carla Miller