Below are the faculty who work in Nutritional Related Research.
| Name |
Research Interests |
| Andrew Flood, PhD |
- Nutritional epidemiology;
- Cancer epidemiology with
emphasis on colorectal
cancer, insulin resistance,
IGFs and their binding
proteins |
| Simone French, PhD |
- Social and environmental
influences on eating and
physical activity behaviors;
- Community-based strategies
for eating behavior change;
- Adolescent nutrition and
physical activity |
Lisa Harnack PhD
|
- Assessment and evaluation of dietary behaviors and dietary intake, particularly as they relate to prevention of chronic disease and obesity |
| John Himes, PhD |
- Child growth and nutrition;
- Anthropometric assessment
of nutritional status;
- Dietary assessment;
- Obesity and body composition |
| Robert W. Jeffery Ph.D. |
- Health behavior change;
- Dietary intervention;
- Obesity epidemiology,
treatment, and prevention |
| Bea Krinke, PhD, MPH |
- Experiential education;
- Nutrition for older adults;
- Nutrition and food policy |
| Russell Luepker, MD, MS |
- Cardiovascular disease
epidemiology and prevention;
- Health behavior; community
trials;
- Clinical trials |
| Leslie Lytle, PhD |
- Planning and evaluating
eating behavior change
interventions in children;
- Youth health promotion
research;
- Theories of health behavior;
- Obesity prevention in youth |
| Melissa Nelson, PhD |
- Environmental and behavioral
determinants of excess
weight gain and obesity
during childhood,
adolescence and young
adulthood |
Dianne Neumark- Sztainer Ph.D., M.P.H.
|
- Adolescent health and
nutrition;
- Obesity and eating disorder
prevention;
- Health behavior change;
- Nutrition education program
design and evaluation |
| Mark Pereira, MPH, PhD |
- Nutrition and physical activity
in the prevention of obesity;
- Type 2 diabetes and
cardiovascular disease,
including interactions
between dietary and exercise
patterns |
| Kim Robien PhD, RD |
- Diet and cancer survivorship;
- Oncology nutrition;
- Pharmacogenetics;
- Folate mediated one-carbon
metabolism;
- Evidence-based nutrition
practice guidelines;
- Outcomes related to medical
nutrition therapy |
| Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH, RD |
- Nutrition and weight status in
pregnancy;
- Child and adolescent
nutrition;
- Behavioral counseling in child
obesity;
- Eating disorders treatment |
| Lyn Steffen, PhD, MPH, RD |
- CVD epidemiology &
prevention;
- Nutritional epidemiology;
- Stroke surveillance;
- Diet relations with diabetes;
- Insulin resistance and obesity |
| Mary Story, PhD |
- Child and adolescent
nutrition;
- Obesity prevention;
- Eating behaviors |
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