Expertise

I specialize in controlled-feeding diet interventions. I investigate the impact of diet on body composition and metabolic health in older adults as well as pregnant and lactating persons.

I am also interested in the relationship between maternal body composition, breast milk composition and infant anthropometric outcomes.

Research interests include, but are not limited to: Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation; Aging Nutrition; Cardiometabolic Health; Lipids involved in insulin resistance and gestational diabetes; Muscle Health.

Research Interests

  • Controlled-feeding diet interventions
  • Maternal Nutrition
  • Gestational Diabetes
  • Aging Nutrition
  • Cardiometabolic Health
  • Obesity
  • Muscle Health
Past Affiliations

Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Nutritional Sciences, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University (past)

Communities
Allied Health
Degrees
PhD, University of Minnesota, Pharmacology, 2008
MS, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Biological Sciences, 2004
BS, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Biological Sciences, 2001
Languages
English