Program Alumni
Name (Last, First) | Class of Entry | Degree | Graduation Term | PI/Mentor | Defense Topic |
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Osterbauer, Katie | Class of 2018 | PhD | Summer 2023 | Adam Kuchnia | Clinical and Preclinical Characterization of Skeletal Muscle Aging |
Denier Fields, Diandra | Class of 2019 | PhD | Summer 2023 | Corrine Engelman | The Role of Dietary Intake and Corresponding Plasma Metabolomics in Determining Risk of White Matter Hyperintensities and Cognition |
Williams, Rashaun | Class of 2017 | PhD | Summer 2023 | Dawn Davis | Intraislet Expression of Cholecystokinin During Diabetic Stress Conditions |
Kaeppler, Mikayla | Class of 2017 | PhD | Summer 2023 | Sherry Tanumihardjo | Plant Pigments for Human Health: Carotenoids and Anthocyanins in the Fight Against Chronic Disease |
Britt, Emily | Class of 2017 | PhD | Spring 2023 | Jing Fan | Rewiring of Glucose and Glycogen Metabolism in Human Neutrophils upon Activation |
Votava, James | Class of 2016 | PhD | Summer 2022 | Brian Parks | Identification and Validation of Aldolase C as a Modifier of Lipid Metabolism |
Seim, Gretchen | Class of 2018 | PhD | Summer 2022 | Jing Fan | Dynamic Metabolic Rewiring in Macrophages in Response to Pro-Inflammatory Stimulation |
Qim, Yiming | Class of 2016 | PhD | Summer 2022 | John Denu | Crosstalk Between Metabolism and Epigenetics: From the Acetyltransferase P300 to the Deacetylase SIRT3 |
Bwar, Wai Hlaing | Class of 2020 | MS | Summer 2022 | Sherry Tanumihardjo | |
Suri, Devika | Class of 2018 | PhD | Summer 2022 | Sherry Tanumihardjo | Assessing Validity of Vitamin a Biomarkers to Guide Global Health Policy |
Pak, Heidi | Class of 2016 | PhD | Spring 2022 | Dudley Lamming | Calories and Fasting – a New Perspective into Dietary Restriction |
Grim, Sierra | Class of 2019 | MS | Spring 2022 | David Eide, Tara LaRowe, Amber Haroldson | |
Flores, Victoria | Class of 2017 | PhD | Spring 2022 | Dudley Lamming | Protein Quality as a Determinant of Metabolic Health |
Lortie, Jevin | Class of 2017 | PhD | Spring 2022 | Adam Kuchnia | Using Computed Tomography to Assess Muscle Health: Steps towards Clinical Implementation |
Rush, Benjamin | Class of 2018 | PhD | Spring 2022 | Adam Kuchnia | Using Bioimaging Techniques as Muscle Quality Biomarkers for Sarcopenia and Cachexia Diagnosis and Treatment |
Yang, Grace | Class of 2016 | PhD | Spring 2022 | Dawn Davis | Characterization of a Novel Transcription Factor, Transcription Factor 19 (TCF19), in Diabetes Pathogenesis |
Wang, Yirong | Class of 2016 | MS, PhD | Summer 2021, Fall 2021 | David Eide | Zinc Proteome and Zinc Apoproteins in Zinc-Deficient Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
Sheftel, Jesse | Class of 2016 | PhD | Summer 2021 | Sherry Tanumihardjo | Biomarkers of Vitamin a for Global Health: Using and Improving the Retinol Isotope Dilution and Modified Relative Dose Response Tests |
Lavaria, Mitchell | Class of 2015 | PhD | Summer 2021 | Eric Yen | The Physiological Role of Fatty Acid Oxidation in the Intestine |
St. Clair, Sam | Class of 2016 | PhD | Summer 2021 | Brian Parks | Agpat5 Regulates Insulin Metabolism in High Fat Diet-Fed Mice |
Lawler, Tom | Class of 2015 | PhD | Spring 2021 | Julie Mares | Dietary and Genetic Determinants of Macular Pigment Density in the Fovea and Relevance for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma in a Study of Older-Adult Women |
Haws, Spencer | Class of 2015 | PhD | Spring 2021 | John Denu | Epigenetic Responses to Methyl-Metabolite Depletion |
Rodriguez, Juliani | Class of 2019 | MS | Fall 2020 | David Eide, Tara LaRowe, Amber Haroldson | |
Souder, Dylan | Class of 2015 | PhD | Summer 2020 | Rozalyn Anderson | Gsk3b in Brain Metabolism and Aging |
Fenske, Rachel | Class of 2014 | PhD | Spring 2020 | Michelle Kimple | Gaz: An Intra-islet Signaling Hub Fundamental for Type 1 Diabetes Pathophysiology |
Schaid, Michael | Class of 2014 | PhD | Spring 2020 | Michelle Kimple | EP3 Receptor-Mediated Gαz Signaling Affects β-Cell Function in the Progression to Type 2 Diabetes |
Falomo, Olajumoke | Class of 2018 | MS | Spring 2020 | Beth Olson | |
Borth, Laura | Class of 2016 | MS | Spring 2020 | John Denu, Bermans Iskandar | |
Taylor, Rachel | Class of 2014 | PhD | Fall 2019 | Roger Sunde | Response to High Inorganic Selenium in Hepatic Turkey Selenoproteome, Transcriptome and Selenometabolome |
Titcomb, Tyler | Class of 2015 | PhD | Spring 2019 | Sherry Tanumihardjo | Intake Of, Interventions to Improve, and Interactions Between Vitamins A and B |
Cheng, Adrienne | Class of 2014 | PhD | Spring 2019 | Laura Hernandez | Investigating the complex interplay between genotype and high-fat-diet feeding in the lactating mammary gland using the Tph1 and Ldlr knockout models |
Chin, Lyanne | Class of 2014 | PhD | Spring 2019 | HuiChuan Lai | Nutritional Status and Inflammation in Infants and Young Children with Cystic Fibrosis |
Cooley, Michelle | Class of 2013 | PhD | Spring 2019 | Guy Groblewski | Dysregulated Membrane Trafficking and the Development of Pancreatitis |
Dumas, Sabrina | Class of 2012 | PhD | Summer 2018 | James Ntambi | The Role of Skin-Specific Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 in Whole-Body Metabolism |
Patterson, Julie | Class of 2014 | PhD | Summer 2018 | Beth Olson | Exploring the Relationship between Health Care Practices and Breastfeeding Outcomes |
Jones, Elaina | Class of 2012 | PhD | Spring 2018 | Guy Groblewski | The Role of D52 in Acinar Homeostasis |
MacMillan-Uribe, Lexi | Class of 2013 | PhD | Spring 2018 | Beth Olson | Delivery of Nutrition Education to the Mother-Infant Dyad within a Primary-Care Group Approach |