Research Areas

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 Chronic Disease Aging

Mao, Catherine, Ph.D.
Yates, James W., Ph.D.

Obesity

Anderson, James W., M.D.
Bruemmer, Dennis, M.D.
Cassis, Lisa , Ph.D., Director
Clasey, Jodie , Ph.D.
Gong, Ming , Ph.D.
Shao, Jinhua, M.D., Ph.D.
Wang, Shuxia, M.D., Ph.D.

Cancer

Glauert, Howard, Ph.D.
Li, Guo-Min, 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.

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.
Hennig, Bernhardt, Ph.D.
Lodder, Robert, Ph.D.
Mao, Catherine, Ph.D.
Porter, Todd, Ph.D.
Post, Steven, Ph.D.
Smart, Eric, Ph.D.
Tannock, Lisa, M.D.
Toborek, Michal, M.D., Ph.D.
Van der Westhuyzen, Ph.D.
Wang, Shuxia, M.D., Ph.D.
Webb, Nancy, Ph.D.

Diabetes

Gong, Ming, Ph.D.
Karounos, Dennis, M.D.
Ozcan, Sabire, Ph.D.
Post, Steven, Ph.D.
Shao, Jinhua, M.D., Ph.D.
Smart, Eric, Ph.D.
Tannock, Lisa, M.D.
Wang, Shuxia, M.D., Ph.D.

Oxidative Stress

Bruckner, Geza, Ph.D.
Chen, Linda, Ph.D.
Chow, Ching, Ph.D.
D Souza, Nympha, Ph.D.
Hennig, Bernhard, Ph.D.
Lodder, Robert, Ph.D.
Mao, Catherine, Ph.D.
St. Clair, Daret, Ph.D.
Toborek, Michal, M.D., Ph.D.

Animal Nutrition

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

Food Science/Safety

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

Inflammatory Diseases

de Villiers, Willem, M.D.
Mao, Catherine, Ph.D.
Webb. Nancy, Ph.D.
Winter, Trevor A., M.D., Ph.D.

Clinical Nutrition

Boissenneault, Gilbert, Ph.D.
Boosalis, Maria, Ph.D.
Bruckner, Geza, Ph.D.
Kasarskis, Edward, M.D.
Kelly, Thomas, Ph.D.
Winter, Trevor A., M.D., Ph.D.

Pulmonary and Liver Diseases

D' Souza, Nympha, Ph.D.