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Brandon Osborn, PhD Lead Fellow 2023-24*
Nutrition 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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Katie Bidne, PhDNutrition T32 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
Nutrition 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, PhDNutrition T32 Research Fellowship: July 2023 - present
Postdoctoral Fellowship: November 2022 - June 2023
Mentor: Darleen Sandoval, PhD
Research Topic: Investigating neuronal mechanisms of post-bariatric hypoglycemia
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Kelly Fuller, PhD
F32 Research Fellowship: July 2023 – Present
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
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Emily Hill, PhD, RDN
AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship: July 2023 - present
Nutrition T32 Research Fellowship: August 2021 - June 2023
T32 Mentors: Sarah Borengasser, PhD, Katherine Sauder, PhD, and Nancy F. Krebs, MD
T32 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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Mohamed S. Kuziez, MD, FAAPClinical Fellowship: July 2023 - present
Mentor: Matt Haemer, MD, MPH
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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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Colleen McKenna, PhDNutrition T32 Research Fellowship: September 2022 - present
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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Stephanie Waldrop, MD, MPH Nutrition T32 Research Fellowship: September 2021 - present
Clinical Fellowship: September 2020 - August 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, MDNutrition T32 Fellowship: July 2023 - present
Mentor: Sarah Borengasser, PhD
Clinical Fellowship: July 2022 - June 2023
Mentor: Darcy Thompson, MD, MP
Research Topic:
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