Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor in Medicine
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2021 - Present
Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition,
Medicine
Member of Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center
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2002 - Present
Sarah Stedman Nutrition & Metabolism Center,
Duke Molecular Physiology Institute
Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging
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2013 - Present
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
The Dietary Biomarkers Development Consortium: An Initiative for Discovery and Validation of Dietary Biomarkers for Precision Nutrition
Journal Article Current Developments in Nutrition · May 1, 2025 Diet is a complex exposure that affects health across the lifespan. Objective biomarkers that can reliably reflect intake of nutrients, foods, and dietary patterns with sufficient accuracy are an important tool for assessing associations of diet with healt ... Full text CiteAcute perioperative alterations in metabolism: A pilot study using mass spectrometry-based metabolomics.
Journal Article Surgery · April 2025 OBJECTIVE: To characterize early physiologic stresses imposed by surgery by applying metabolomic analyses to deeply phenotype pre- and postoperative plasma and urine of patients undergoing elective surgical procedures. BACKGROUND: Patients experience perio ... Full text Link to item CiteType-2 Diabetes, Pancreatic Amylin, and Neuronal Metabolic Remodeling in Alzheimer's Disease.
Journal Article Mol Nutr Food Res · July 2024 Type-2 diabetes raises the risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD)-type dementia and the conversion from mild cognitive impairment to dementia, yet mechanisms connecting type-2 diabetes to AD remain largely unknown. Amylin, a pancreatic β-cell hormone co-secrete ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Fibro/Adipogenic Progenitor Metabolic Reprogramming for Age-Related Muscle Fibrosis
ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029Elucidating racial and ethnic differences in functional effects of the vaginal microbiome in ovarian cancer
ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027Biomarkers of Dietary Intake and Exposure Data Coordinating Center
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Washington ·
2001
Ph.D.