Expertise

Areas of Expertise: taste, appetite, food intake, energy balance, cephalic phase responses

HHS Signature Research Area(s):

  • Healthy Lifestyles and Vital Longevity

Department of Nutrition Science Research Area(s):

  • Metabolism and Obesity
  • Food, Ingestive Behavior and Population Nutrition

Research: Nutrition and Physiology of Diabetes and Obesity


Keywords:

  • Intervention and Implementation Science
Affiliations

Distinguished Professor, Department of Nutrition Science, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University
2010

Distinguished Professor, Department of Public Health, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University

Department Head, Department of Public Health, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University

Investigator, Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Centers and Institutes, Indiana University School of Medicine

Past Affiliations

Professor, Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture, Purdue University (past)

Professor, Department of Nutrition Science, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University (past)

Associate Professor, Purdue University
1995 - 1997

Communities
Food Science and Technology, Nutrition and Dietetic Services, Nutrition
Degrees
PhD, Cornell University, Human Nutrition, 1981
MPH, University of Michigan, Human Nutrition, 1978
BS, University of Michigan, Biology, 1975
Keywords
food additives food analysis food consumption food preparation foods alcoholic beverages non-alcoholic beverages dietary foods nuts oils and fats spices and flavorings sugar alcohol or alcoholism consumer behavior psychology clinical psychology behavioral or experimental psychology sex differences cardiovascular system digestive system endocrine system nervous system sensory system nutrition or dietetics behavioral medicine cardiovascular diseases digestive diseases and disorders hypertension neurological disorders obesity oral medicine & diseases clinical trial hormones & endocrinology lipid metabolism epidemiology gastroenterology lipids
Associations
American Dietetic Association
American Society for Clinical Nutrition
American Society for Nutritional Sciences
American Society of Clinical Nutrition
Association for Chemoreception Sciences
Institute of Food Technologists
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior