Faculty Research
| Name/Title | Research Areas |
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| Regan Bailey, Professor |
The overarching goal of her research program is to prevent or lessen the risk of chronic disease through nutrition. Dr. Bailey’s specific research interests include: nutritional epidemiology; one-carbon metabolism, particularly the role of B vitamins; dietary assessment methods and measurement error; dietary patterns; dietary supplements; nutrition screening; and, nutrition and aging, particularly as it relates to reducing the risk of cognitive impairment and osteoporosis. She has considerable expertise working with the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. |
| Laura W. Bowers, Assistant Professor | The role of chronic inflammation in the link between obesity and cancer, particularly breast and colon cancer. More specific interest areas include: the impact of obesity-induced changes in the gut microbiota and associated inflammation on colon cancer risk; links between leptin signaling, cancer stem cell enrichment, and obesity-associated chemotherapy resistance in breast cancer patients. |
| Kimberly K. Buhman, Professor and Associate Department Head |
Intestinal Lipid Metabolism, Nutritional Biochemistry and Physiology, Heart Disease, Obesity |
| John (Jay) R. Burgess, Associate Professor |
Oxidative stress adaptation, phytochemical antioxidants, oxidative stress and essential fatty acids in behavioral disorders, role of antioxidants in mitigating the complications of diabetes |
| Wayne W. Campbell, Professor |
Human nutrition and exercise studies of macronutrient metabolism, protein and energy requirements, appetite, body composition, obesity and weight loss, muscle strength, and muscle function, with special emphasis on aging |
| Tzu-Wen Cross, Assistant Professor | Interactions between the gut microbiome and sex hormones in obesity. Modulating the gut microbiome using nutrition therapy to improve health. |
| Heather Eicher-Miller, Associate Professor |
Food insecurity and low-resource populations, community based research, nutrition education, nutritional epidemiology, dietary patterns, and public health |
| James (Jim) C. Fleet, Professor |
Molecular mechanisms of vitamin D action through the vitamin D receptor; intestinal calcium absorption; vitamin D and calcium metabolism; vitamin D and cancer chemoprevention; regulation of gene expression; genetic regulation of mineral metabolism |
| Greg Henderson, Assistant Professor | Regulation of lipid metabolism at a molecular level and lipid kinetics in vivo. Responses of hepatic lipid metabolism, lipoproteins, and free fatty acid mobilization to exercise and diet. |
| Qing Jiang, Professor | Nutrition and inflammation-associated diseases; Different forms of vitamin E and cancer chemoprevention/chemotherapy; vitamin E forms, botanical antioxidants and asthma. |
| Richard (Rick) D. Mattes, Distinguished Professor |
Regulation of food intake in humans; hunger and satiety; Dietary preferences and compliance; taste and smell function; Human cephalic phase responses. |
| Cordelia Running, Assistant Professor | Bioactive ingredient and flavor interactions, salivary interactions with food and bioavailability of nutrients, sensory perception and modulation of food. |
| Charles R. Santerre, Professor of Food Toxicology |
Food safety and nutrition related to chemical contaminants in foods. |
| Dennis A. Savaiano, Virginia C. Meredith Professor of Nutrition Policy |
Lactose digestion and intolerance, carbohydrate maldigestion |
| Dorothy Teegarden, Professor |
Nutrition and cancer, vitamin D and signal transduction, molecular mechanisms in the progression of cancer, exercise, nutrition and bone health, dietary calcium and body composition, vitamin D regulation of lipid oxidation and insulin resistance |
Adjunct Faculty |
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| Carol J. Boushey, Adjunct Professor |
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team at the University of Hawaii to provide support to the member investigators of the Cancer Center as they design and conduct studies that include the collection and analyses of dietary intake variables |
| Robert Considine, Adjunct Professor |
Adipose tissue biology, type II diabetes, leptin, adiponectin, resistin |
| Mario Ferruzzi, Adjunct Professor |
Phytochemical and botanical chemistry with focus on food pigments and flavonoids; Development of methodologies for determination of phytochemicals in food and biological matrices; Investigation of food processing effects on phytochemical profiles, bioavailability, and ultimate bioactivity; Development of strategies for incorporation and stabilization of phytochemicals in food systems |
| Meryl Wastney, Adjunct Associate Professor |
Kinetic modeling |
Courtesy Appointments |
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| Kolapo Ajuwon, Associate Professor | Adipose Biology/Nutritional Physiology |
| Shawn S. Donkin, Professor |
The cellular and molecular processes controlling liver function in responses to nutritional, hormonal, environmental and developmental cues |
| Gerald C. Hyner, Professor |
Public health and gerontology; health promtion and disease control; computerized health risk appraisal |
| Nilupa Gunaratna, Assistant Professor | Identify and evaluate multisectoral interventions, particularly those involving agriculture, that can equitably and sustainably improve nutrition and health outcomes at scale in developing countries. |
| Kee-Hong Kim, Associate Professor |
Dietary and biochemical regulation of the development of adipose tissue and its function for prevention of obesity and its related chronic diseases |
| Sophie A. Lelievre, Professor |
The role of the organization of the cell nucleus in gene expression and genome stability and the relationship between tissue polarity and nuclear functions, notably epigenetics |
| Stephen R. Lindemann, Assistant Professor |
Dietary controls on the gut microbiome and their influence on microbial diversity, metabolism, inflammation, and pathogen resistance; design principles for prebiotic and probiotic therapies. |
| Jean-Christophe (Chris) Rochet, Professor |
Understanding the role of protein aggregation in neurological and muscular disorders |
| Darlene Sedlock, Professor |
Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption, energy balance and weight control, components of daily energy expenditure, physiology of upper-body exercise, exercise in spinal cord injured individuals |
