Past Nutrition Fellows

Mohamed S. Kuziez, MD, FAAP

Pediatric Obesity and Nutrition Clinical Fellowship: July 2023 - January 2024
Mentor:  Matt Haemer, MD, MPH

Kelly Fuller, PhD

F32 Research Fellowship: July 2023 – February 2024
Endocrinology T32 Research Fellowship: July 2022 – June 2023
Mentors: Darleen Sandoval, PhD and Melanie Cree, MD, PhD
Research Topic:  Understanding the molecular mechanisms of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and hepatic responses to obesity treatment, with a focus on sex differences and the role of mitochondria.
Current/last known position:  Private Industry.

Katherine Barrett, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellowship:  July 2021 - May 2023
Mentor: Susan L. Johnson, PhD
Research Topic: Infant-caregiver feeding interactions, dietary intake, and growth.
Current/last known position: Performance Analyst at Colorado Department of Human Services.
Postdoctoral Fellowship:  July 2021 - May 2023
Mentor: Susan L. Johnson, PhD
Research Topic: Infant-caregiver feeding interactions, dietary intake, and growth.
Current/last known position: Performance Analyst at Colorado Department of Human Services.

Megan Lawless, PhD

Nutrition T32 Fellowship: October 2021  - May 2023
Postdoctoral Fellowship:  June 2021 - September 2021
Mentor: Susan L. Johnson, PhD
Research Topic:  The mother-child relationship and children's eating and weight outcomes from an interdisciplinary lens of human development and nutrition.
Current/last known position:  Nutrition Evidence Systematic Review Analyst, Panum Group, LLC, contractor for USDA.

Jayne Martin Carli, PhD

K-99 Postdoctoral Fellowship:  August 2022 - present
AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship: April 2021 - July 2022
Nutrition T32 Fellowship: July 2018 - June 2020
Mentors:  Jacob Friedman, PhD
T32 Research Topic: Development of novel approaches to characterize and interrogate insulin action in mammary epithelial cells from women with recent gestational diabetes compared to mothers with normal glucose tolerance.
Current/last known position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus.

Ally Ta, MD

Pediatric Obesity and Nutrition Clinical Fellowship:  September 2021 - August 2022
Mentor:  Darcy Thompson, MD, MPH
Current/last known position:  Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

Madeline Keleher, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellowship: August 2020 - May 2020; February 2018 - June 2019
Mentors: Katerina Kechris, PhD, and Kristen Boyle, PhD
Research Topic: Investigating how maternal obesity during pregnancy affects gene expression, methylation, and proteins in mesenchymal stem cells from infants' umbilical cords, and how this is linked to long-term health.
Current/last known position: Medical writer at Oxford Pharmagenesis.

Silvania da Silva Teixeira, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellowship: September 2020 - March 2021
Mentor: Darleen Sandoval, PhD
Research Topic: Investigating the physiological and molecular mechanisms that underlie post-bariatric hypoglycemia and determining whether these changes also contribute to surgery-induced improvements in glucose homeostasis.
Current/last known position: Assistant Professor, Section of Nutrition, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus.

Aimee Sutliff, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellowship: March 2019 - August 2020
Mentors: Nancy F. Krebs, MD, and Nichole Reisdorph, PhD
Research Topic: I am using untargeted metabolomics to identify food-specific molecular signatures of common Mediterranean diet foods to identify potential biomarkers that may then be correlated with improved health indicators.
Current/last known position: Research Scientist, USDA/Terminix.

Sarah Purcell, PhD

Nutrition T32 Fellowship: July 2019 - July 2020
Mentor: Marc Cornier, MD and Edward Melanson, PhD
Research Topic: Investigating the impact of resistance and aerobic exercise on appetite, non-exercise activity, energy metabolism and body composition among individuals with obesity or previous cancer.
Current/last known position:  Investigator and Assistant Professor, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Southern Medical Program, The University of British Columbia – Okanagan.

Kameron Moding, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellowship: July 2017 - June 2019
Mentor: Susa​​n L. Johnson, PhD
Research Topic: Anthropological perspectives on diet and nutritional status, the co-occurrence of obesity and under-nutrition in adverse environments.
Current/last known position:  Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Purdue University.

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Traci Bekelman, PhD, MPH

Nutrition T32 Fellowship: July 2017 - June 2019
Postdoctoral Fellowship: July 2016 - June 2017
Mentor: Susa​​n L. Johnson, PhD
Research Topic: Anthropological perspectives on diet and nutritional status, the co-occurrence of obesity and under-nutrition in adverse environments.
Current/last known position:  Research Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health.

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Jaime Moore, MD

Nutrition T32 Fellowship: August 2016 - July 2019
Pediatric Obesity and Nutrition Clinical Fellowship: August 2015 - July 2016
Mentors: Janet Snell-Bergeron, PhD, yr 1; Richard Boles, PhD/Nancy Krebs MD, yr 2
Research Topics: Gender differences in cardiovascular disease among Type 1 Diabetics; Improved risk stratification for co-morbidity prevention among obese youth.
Current/last known position: Assistant Professor, Section of Nutrition, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus.

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Tanya Halliday, PhD

Nutrition T32 Fellowship: August 2017 - July 2018
Endocrinology T32 Fellowship: August 2016 - July 2017
Mentor: Marc Cornier, MD
Research Topic: Evaluating how exercise modality influences appetite regulation.
Current/last known position: Assistant Professor, Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Recreation, University of Utah; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Nutrition & Integrative Physiology.

​Christopher Mulligan, PhD

Nutrition T32 Fellowship: July 2015 – June 2017
Mentor: Jacob Friedman, PhD
Research Topic: Role of the microbiome in development & progression of obesity and related metabolic disease in children born to obese mothers.

​Nicole Kasper, PhD

Nutrition T32 Fellowship: September 2015 – December 2016
Mentor: Elaine Belansky, PhD
Research Topic: Community based participatory research in the San Luis Valley of Colorado. Specifically, implementation and evaluation Farm to School within the public schools.
Current/last known position: Food Data Analyst & Project Manager, Private Industry.

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Katherine Sauder, PhD

Nutrition T32 Fellowship: July 2014 – March 2016
Mentor: Dana Dabelea, PhD
Research Topic: Behavioral Epidemiology and Maternal-Child Health.
Current/last known position:  Associate Professor, Implementation Science, Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

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Michelle Cardel, PhD

Nutrition T32 Fellowship: September 2012 – September 2015
Mentor: James Hill, PhD/Susan L. Johnson, PhD
Research Topic: The Etiology of Racial/Ethnic and Socio-Economic Health Disparities in Childhood Obesity.
Current/last known position: Head of Global Clinical Research & Nutrition, WeightWatchers/WW  and Adjunct Professor, University of Florida College of Medicine Dept of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics.

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Sean Newsom, PhD

Nutrition T32 Fellowship: July 2014 – June 2015
Mentor: Bryan Bergman, PhD
Research Topic: Exercise-Induced Skeletal Muscle Diacylglycerol Localization and Composition.
Current/last known position: Associate Professor, School of Biological and Population Health Sciences, Oregon State University.

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Vanessa Sherk, PhD

Nutrition T32 Fellowship: September 2011 – August 2014
Mentor: Wendy Kohrt, PhD
Research Topic: Disruption of Calcium Homeostasis During Exercise as a Mediator of Bone Metabolism.
Current/last known position: Scientific Review Officer, NIH Center for Scientific Review.

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Bridget Young, PhD, CLC

Nutrition T32 Fellowship: October 2011 – September 2013
Mentor: Nancy Krebs, MD/Jacob Friedman, PhD
Research Topic: Effects of Vitamin D Status and Calcium Intake on Maternal Bone Turnover, Placental Vitamin D Receptor Expression and Calcium Transport and Fetal Growth in Adolescent Pregnancy.
Current/last known position: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Breastfeeding & Lactation Medicine (SMD), Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences (SMD) - Joint, University of Rochester.

Madiha Abdel-Maksoud, MD, PhD, MSPH

Nutrition T32 Fellowship: August 2010 – August 2012
Mentor: Tim Byers, PhD
Research Topic: The Complex Relationship Between Triglycerides and Coronary Heart Disease.
Current/last known position: Clinical Teaching Associate Professor, Center for Global Health, Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Pediatrics General Operations (SOM), Anschutz Medical Campus.

​Kristen Boyle, PhD

Nutrition T32 Fellowship: July 2009 – December 2010
Mentor: Jacob Friedman, PhD
Research Topic: Investigating Mitochondrial Function in Skeletal Muscle of Women with Gestational Diabetes.
Current/last known position: Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Nutrition, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus.

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Matthew Haemer, MD

Nutrition T32 Fellowship: August 2008 – July 2011
Mentor: Nancy Krebs, MD
Research Topic: Central Responses to Food-Related Stimuli with Weight Loss.
Current/last known position: Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Nutrition, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus and Medical Director Lifestyle Medicine Weight Management, Children's Hospital Colorado.