Expertise

Her current research focuses on the efficacy of nutrition assessment tools in evaluating the inflammatory potential of diet, and the role of nutrition on inflammation, allostatic load, and mental health in women at different stages of life.


 Her research focuses on finding correlations between the inflammatory potential of the diet with inflammation and depression in women at various stages of life. Her current research focuses on determining the efficacy of nutrition assessment tools (e.g., DII and DIS) in evaluating the inflammatory potential of diet, and their correlations with allostatic load and mental health in women at different stages of life (e.g., pregnancy, postmenopause).

Degrees
PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Nutrition, 2020
MS, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Nutrition Sciences, 2014
BS, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Nutrition Sciences, 2011