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Current Research Studies

This table contains current research topics in our department. If you are interested in a particular topic, please contact the professor listed here.

Research Topic	Contact
Investigating the association between dietary intakes, inflammation markers, and markers of circulating, functional and storage iron among overweight and obese individuals in a cross-sectional study.	Seth Armah s_armah@uncg.edu
Food insecurity and health outcomes among immigrants and refugee populations.	Jigna Dharod jmdharod@uncg.edu
Micronutrients and brain development and function.	Keith Erikson kmerikso@uncg.edu
How high fat diets and stress change brain chemistry to drive eating behaviors.	Steve Fordahl scfordah@uncg.edu
Nutrition interventions for low-income, diverse families.	Lauren Haldeman lahaldem@uncg.edu
Impact of a food environment intervention aimed at increasing accessibility to healthy foods on dietary behaviors.	Jared McGuirt jtmcguir@uncg.edu
Molecular mechanisms mediating hyperplastic obesity and cancer.	Ron Morrison rfmorris@uncg.edu
Bioactive factors, nutrients, and access to expressed human milk through donor milk banking and peer milk sharing.	Maryanne Perrin mtperrin@uncg.edu
Child nutrition and childhood obesity with emphasis on parental factors that influence dietary intake and food availability in low-income families; nutrition & exercise; body image & body esteem in children.	Lenka Shriver lhshrive@uncg.edu