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The Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences benefits from the expertise of nationally and internationally known faculty with diverse areas of research expertise. Faculty members have received national research awards such as the Borden Award and Clintec Award for Nutrition Research, and serve on the editorial boards of major research journals, including the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry.

The faculty research interest groups listed below promote faculty interaction within the same area of research interest.

Nutrition and Aging

Luo, Jia, Ph.D.
Pearson, Kevin, Ph.D.
Yates, James W., Ph.D.

Obesity

Bruemmer, Dennis, M.D.
Cassis, Lisa , Ph.D., Director
Clasey, Jodie , Ph.D.
Eckhardt, Erik, Ph.D.
Graf, Greg Ph.D.
Phil Kern, M.D.
King, Victoria Ph.D.
Lennie, Terry, Ph.D.
Gong, Ming , Ph.D.
Pearson, Kevin, Ph.D.
Wang, Shuxia, M.D., Ph.D.
Webb, Nancy, Ph.D.

Cancer

Glauert, Howard, Ph.D.
Li, Guo-Min, Ph.D.
Luo Jia, Ph.D.
Pan, Bin-Tao, Ph.D.
Spear, Brett, Ph.D.
St Clair, Daret, Ph.D.
St. Clair, William, Ph.D.
Vanzant, Gary, Ph.D.
Zhu, Haining, Ph.D.

Food Science/Safety

Addo, Kwaku, Ph.D.
Forsythe, Hazel, Ph.D.
Hildebrand, David, Ph.D.
Xiong, Youling, Ph.D.

Cardiovascular

Bruckner, Geza, Ph.D.
Bruemmer, Dennis, M.D.
Cassis, Lisa , Ph.D., Director
Daugherty, Alan, Ph.D
de Beer, Frederick, M.D.
de Beer, Maria, Ph.D.
de Villiers, Willem, M.D.
Gong, Ming, Ph.D.
Graf, Greg, Ph.D.
Hennig, Bernhardt, Ph.D.
Lennie, Terry, Ph.D.
Li, Xiangan, Ph.D.
Lodder, Robert, Ph.D.
Porter, Todd, Ph.D.
Tannock, Lisa, M.D.
Van der Westhuyzen, Ph.D.
Wang, Shuxia, M.D., Ph.D.
Webb, Nancy, Ph.D.

Oxidative Stress

Bruckner, Geza, Ph.D.
Cassis, Lisa Ph.D.
Chen, Linda, Ph.D.
Chow, Ching, Ph.D.
D Souza, Nympha, Ph.D.
Glauert, Howard Ph.D.
Hennig, Bernhard, Ph.D.
Lodder, Robert, Ph.D.
St. Clair, Daret, Ph.D.

Animal Nutrition

Cantor, Austin, Ph.D.
Matthews, James, Ph.D.

Inflammatory Diseases

de Villiers, Willem, M.D.
Eckhardt, Erik, Ph.D.
Webb. Nancy, Ph.D.

Clinical Nutrition

Bruckner, Geza, Ph.D.
Kasarskis, Edward, M.D.
Kelly, Thomas, Ph.D.

Pulmonary and Liver Diseases

D' Souza, Nympha, Ph.D.
Glauert, Howard Ph.D.

Diabetes

Cassis, Lisa, Ph.D.
Gong, Ming, Ph.D.
Zhenheng Guo
Karounos, Dennis, M.D.
Kern, Phil M.D.
Liu, Jun, Ph.D.
Lodder, Robert Ph.D.
Ozcan, Sabire, Ph.D.
Tannock, Lisa, M.D.
Wang, Shuxia, M.D.,
Webb, Nancy, Ph.D.
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