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| Picture | Fellow Description
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 | Ally Ta, MD
Clinical Fellowship: September 2021 - August 2022
Mentor: Darcy Thompson, MD, MPH |
 | Maigen Bethea, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellowship: September 2020 - September 2022
Mentor: Darleen Sandoval, PhD
Current/last known position: Research Instructor, Section of Nutrition, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus
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 | Stephanie Gilley, MD, PhD
Nutrition T32 Fellowship: July 2020 - June 2022
Clinical Fellowship: July 2019 - June 2020
Postdoctoral Fellowship: July 2018 - June 2019
Mentors: Kartik Shankar, PhD, Paul Rozance, MD, Darcy Thompson, MD, MPH, Nancy Krebs, MD
Research Topics:
Current/last known position: Assistant Professor, Section of Nutrition, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus
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 | Meghan Ruebel, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellowship:
Mentor: Kartik Shankar, PhD
Research Topic:
Current/last known position: USDA Research Scientist, Little Rock, AR
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 | Martine Saint-Cyr, MD
Nutrition T32 Fellowship: July 2019 - September 2021
Clinical Fellowship: July 2018 - June 2019
Mentors:
Nancy F. Krebs, MD, and Edwin DeZoeten, PhD
Research Topic: Investigating the interactions between dietary nutrients and intestinal immunity in the pathogenesis and treatment of
inflammatory bowel disease.
Current/last known position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis |
 | 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
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 | 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. |
| 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: F32 Fellow in Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, CU Anschutz. Dr. Purcell has accepted a faculty position of Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Nutrition in Chronic Disease Prevention and Management at The University of British Columbia – Okanagan, which will begin in January 2022.
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 | Kameron Moding, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellowship: July 2017 - June 2019
Mentor: Susan 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: Susan 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
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
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| | 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 evaluatation Farm to School within the public schools.
Current/last known position: Research Scientist, University of Michigan School of Public Health
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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, Section of Nutrition, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus
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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: Director of Global Clinical Research & Nutrition at WW International, Inc (formerly Weight Watchers) 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: Assistant Professor, Orthopedics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus
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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, University of Rochester
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 | Madiha Abdel-Maksoud, PhD
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: Assistant Professor, MPH Concentration Director, and Director, MPH Global Public Health Programs, Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Anschutz Medical Campus
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 | Kristen Boyle, PhD
Nutrition T32 Fellowship: July 2009 – December 2010
Mentor: Jacob Freedman, 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: Associate 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
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| | Andrea Salzberg, MD
Nutrition T32 Fellowship: July 2009 – April 2010
Mentor: Marc-Andre Cornier, MD
Research Topic: The Use of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Better Understand Individual Responses to Food and Energy State
Current/last known position: New West Physicians, Endocrinology
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| | Erin Ross, PhD
Nutrition T32 Fellowship: July 2007 – June 2009
Mentor: Susan L. Johnson, PhD
Research Topic: Evaluating Risk Factors in Early Infancy for Later Growth Faltering
Current/last known position: Clinical Instructor, University of Colorado Center for Family and Infant Interaction; Founder, Feeding FUNdamentals, LLC
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| | Christopher Gentile, PhD
Nutrition T32 Fellowship:January 2007 – December 2008
Mentor: Michael Pagliassotti, PhD
Research Topic: Regulation of CREB-h by Fatty Acids in Liver
Current/last known position: Associate Professor, Food Science & Human Nutrition, Colorado State University
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| | Arlyce Vanness, PhD
Nutrition T32 Fellowship: July 2005 – June 2008
Mentor: Nancy Krebs, MD
Research Topic: Iron Homeostasis and Neurologic Function
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| | Rebecca Sedjo, PhD
Nutrition T32 Fellowship: July 2005 –June 2007
Mentor: Tim Byers, PhD
Research Topic: Obesity and Cancer, Nutritional Epidemiology
Current/last known position: Assistant Research Professor, Community & Behavioral Health, Colorado School of Public Health, Anschutz Medical Campus
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| | Teresa Sharp, MEd, PhD
Nutrition T32 Fellowship: October 2004 – September 2006
Mentor: Nancy Krebs, MD
Research Topic: Exercise Effects on Lipid Regulation in Obese Adolescents
Current/last known position: Associate Professor, School of Human Sciences, Colorado School of Public Health, The University of Northern Colorado
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