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Human Nutrition and Food Graduate Faculty

George Argyropoulos - Gene environment interactions; genetics of food intake and energy homeostasis as controlled by peripheral and central factors.

Andrew Butler - Hypothalamic circuitry that regulates energy homeostasis.

Lauri O. Byerley - Nutrition and cachexia associated with cancer

Catherine Champagne - Community nutrition research; diet and disease

James DeLany - Stable Isotope Laboratory; proteomics; functional foods group; fatty acid metabolism

Thomas Getty - Director of Experimental Obesity; adipose tissue signaling

Frank Greenway - Nutriceuticals; clinical research; treatment of obesity

Elaine Hardman - Diet and cancer; dietary omega-3 fatty acids

Maren Hegsted Role of non-digestible carbohydrates on gut metabolism, satiety peptides, energy intake, and body fat; functional foods, exercise and bone health

Mike Keenan Effectiveness of dilution of dietary energy with non-digestible fermentable or non-fermentable food substances (functional foods) in the prevention or reduction of excess body fat

Mike Lafevre - Director of Functional Foods; Lipoprotein Laboratory; Proteomics

Roy Martin - Nutrient sensing mechanisms in the brain; obesity and food intake regulation

Marlene Most - Windhauser - Metabolic Kitchen; Nutrition intervention and hypertension and cardiovascular disease

Carol O’Neil Community nutrition, food insecurity, and resource cycling; Nutrition, diet, and dietary behavior of young adults

Melinda Sothern - Human Physiology Laboratory; prevention of childhood obesity;

Randall Mynatt - Transgenic core; agouti/melanocortin system; understanding the underlying mechanisms of obesity.

Steve Smith - Endocrinology Laboratory; links between adiposity and disease risk; regulatory systems involved in the blockade of adipocyte differentiation

Richard Tulley - Coordinator for Biotechnology Education for Students and Teachers (BEST) Program; Clinical Nutrition; metabolomics

Georgianna TuuriDiet, exercise and body composition; preventing overweight in children

Jianping Ye - Antioxidant and Gene Regulation Lab; insulin and leptin signaling mechanisms

 

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