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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
Diet and hormonally active compounds influence intestinal biology and cancer risk	Clint Allred cdallred@uncg.edu
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
Food policy impacts on nutrition security in children and families.	Emily Duffy ewduffy@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
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