Finding Crucial Answers to 21st Century Health Issues
The impact of nutrition on health and disease is becoming increasingly complex and important. Questions related to the impact of nutrients on everything from genetics to whole body metabolism continue to multiply, especially as obesity and associated chronic diseases become increasingly pervasive in industrialized societies.
The Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences at the University of Kentucky is an ideal setting to study these multifaceted issues. The Center offers an interdisciplinary program led by nationally renowned faculty that provides a high-quality educational experience across a wide spectrum of nutrition-related subjects.
Primary research and training areas target obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer. Other areas of specialty include nutrition and oxidative stress, nutrition and aging, clinical nutrition, animal nutrition and food science.
LATEST GCNS NEWS
Sean Thatcher, GCNS Post-doctoral Scholar
is the
recipient of the 2012 Young Investigator Award of the Angiotensin Gordon Research Conference for a research presentation titled “Distinct mechanisms of ACE2 deficiency to promote AngII-induced atherosclerosis versus abdominal aortic aneurysms.”
Lisa Cassis, GCNS Chair
has been voted the 2012 Mentor of the Year by the Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (ATVB) Women's Leadership Committee.
Dr. Cassis is also the recipient of the 2012
Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) Mentor Recognition Award.
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