University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Yazan Alwarawrah, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics/ Pediatric Endocrinology, UNC School of Medicine
Co-Sponsored Award with SPLENDOR-NC
Dates of Funding: 2024-2025

IL-6 Metabolic Regulation of T-Cell Immune Response to Viral Infection in Obesity

Ana Paola Campos, PhD

Post-Doctoral Associate, Nutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Co-Sponsored Award with SPLENDOR-NC
Dates of Funding: 2024-2025

Exploring Hispanic Parents’ Social-, Environmental-, and Diet-Related Parenting Practices and Behaviors to Prevent Childhood Obesity

Michael Coleman, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Dates of Funding: 2024-2025

Defining the Role of Pyruvate Carboxylase Expression in Breast Cancer Glucose and Glutamine Metabolism

Ilona Jaspers, PhD

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Dates of Funding: 2024-2025

Inhaled Vitamin D Supplementation to Support the Management of Asthma

Ximena M. Bustamante-Marin, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dates of Funding: 2023-2024

Impact of Adipose and Tumor-derived-EVs from Obese and Nonobese Mice on Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cell Metabolism and Metastasis

Jimikaye Beck Courtney, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dates of Funding: 2023-2024

Investigating the Combined Associations Between Physical Activity and Alcohol Use Behaviors with Obesity and Inflammation

Anna Kahkoska, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dates of Funding: 2023-2024

Characterizing Dietary Practices and Beliefs Among Older Adults with Type 1 Diabetes and Opportunities to Provide Nutrition-based Education and Support

Blake R. Rushing, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, Nutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dates of Funding: 2023-2024

Assessing Metabolic Variation of Triple Negative Breast Cancers by Untargeted Metabolomics

Malia Blue, PhD, CSCS, CISSN

Assistant Professor, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dates of Funding: 2022-2023

The Impact of Race on the Association of Body Composition and Genetic Variants in FTO and LEP

Dana Carthron, PhD, RN, AGACNP-BC

Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, North Carolina A&T State University
Dates of Funding: 2021-2022

Improving the Diabetic Health of Black Men (MANUP-NC): MANUP-NC Feasibility Trial

Stephanie L. Martin, PhD, MEd

Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dates of Funding: 2021-2022

Community-Engaged Formative Research to Design a School-Based Obesity Prevention Intervention for Adolescent Girls in Kenya

Johanna Smeekens, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dates of Funding: 2021-2022

Prebiotics as a Nutritional Approach to Prevent Peanut Allergy in Mice