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Emily Hill, PhD, RDN, Lead Fellow 2022-23*T32 Research Fellowship: August 2021 - present
Mentor: Sarah Borengasser, PhD, and Nancy F. Krebs, MD
Research Topic: Utilizing
metabolomics, informatics, and bio-statistical analyses to examine
linkages between laboratory data and clinically relevant outcomes in
human nutrition.
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Katherine Barrett, PhDPostdoctoral Fellowship: July 2020 - present
Mentor: Susan L. Johnson, PhD
Research Topic: Infant-caregiver feeding interactions, dietary intake, and growth. |  |
Katie Bidne, PhDT32 Research Fellowship: July 2022 - present
Mentor: Theresa Powell, PhD
Research Topic: My research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of placental DHA inhibition of mTOR and the consequences on amino acid transport to the fetus.
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Catherine Cioffi Cohen, PhD, RD F32 Research Fellowship: May 2022 - present
T32 Research Fellowship: September 2020 - May 2022
Mentors: Dana Dabelea, MD, PhD and Kartik Shankar, PhD
Research Topic: Inter-connections of diet quality, body fat distribution, and cardiometabolic disease risk factors in childhood/adolescence.
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Tyler Cook, PhDPostdoctoral Fellowship: November 2022 -
Mentor: Darleen Sandoval, PhD
Research Topic: Investigating neuronal mechanisms of post-bariatric hypoglycemia
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Megan Lawless, PhDT32 Research Fellowship: October 2021 - present
Postdoctoral Fellowship: June 2021 - September 2021
Mentor: Susan L. Johnson, PhD
Research Topic:
Research will focus on factors that influence the development of food
preferences and eating patterns in early childhood. Further, how facets
of children’s diet relate to weight status and growth patterns.
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Manoel Lixandrao, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellowship: October 2021 - present
Mentor: Kristen Boyle, PhD
Research Topic: My
research focuses on obesity, inflammation, cellular senescence,
nutrition and, exercise physiology. I am interested in molecular
biology, particularly RNA sequencing, immunohistochemistry, cell
culture, protein and, gene expression.
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Jayne Martin Carli, PhDK99 Fellowship: August 2022 - present Mentors: Primary: Jim McManaman, PhD, Co-Mentors: Jenifer Monks, PhD;
Kartik Shankar, PhD
AHA Fellowship: April 2021 - August 2022
Mentors: Jim McManaman, PhD and Jenifer Monks, PhD
Neonatal T32 Fellowship: May 2020 - March 2021
Mentors: Jim McManaman, PhD, and Jenifer Monks, PhD
Nutrition T32 Fellowship: July 2018 - April 2020
Mentors: Jacob Friedman, PhD yr 1; Jim McManaman, PhD, yr 2
Research Topic: Molecular effects of maternal obesity and diabetes during and after pregnancy on lactation outcomes and infant adiposity. |  |
Colleen McKenna, PhDT32 Research Fellowship: September 2022 -
Mentor: Bryan Bergman, PhD
Research Topic: Determining differences in the
intermuscular adipose tissue secretome by obesity, sex, age, and
location, and how the secretome impacts muscle inflammation and muscle
contractile protein expression and diameter in vitro.
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Brandon Osborn, PhD
T32 Research Fellowship: July 2022 - present
Mentor: Matthew Haemer, MD, MPH
Research Topic: To examine determinants of nutritional and cardiometabolic disparities among racial/ethnic groups and develop health promotion interventions that are culturally inclusive, improve diet quality, and prevent adiposity and insulin
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Stephanie Waldrop, MD, MPH Nutrition T32 Fellowship: September 2021 - present
Clinical Fellowship: 2020-2021
Mentors: Sarah Borengasser PhD, Katherine Sauder, Phd, and Darcy Thompson, MD
Clinical/Research Interests: My research interests include identifying potential epigenetic predictors of adiposity risk in childhood and the influence maternal 1-carbon nutrient intake may have on DNA methylation and adiposity in offspring. |  |
Anthony Wang, MDClinical Fellowship: 2022-2023
Mentor: Darcy Thompson, MD, MPH
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