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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 [email protected]
Food insecurity and health outcomes among immigrants and refugee populations.	Jigna Dharod [email protected]
Micronutrients and brain development and function.	Keith Erikson [email protected]
How high fat diets and stress change brain chemistry to drive eating behaviors.	Steve Fordahl [email protected]
Nutrition interventions for low-income, diverse families.	Lauren Haldeman [email protected]
Impact of a food environment intervention aimed at increasing accessibility to healthy foods on dietary behaviors.	Jared McGuirt [email protected]
Molecular mechanisms mediating hyperplastic obesity and cancer.	Ron Morrison [email protected]
Bioactive factors, nutrients, and access to expressed human milk through donor milk banking and peer milk sharing.	Maryanne Perrin [email protected]
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 [email protected]