Area: Precision Nutrition

Maternal and child health study

Exploring the connection between diet and health outcomes for expectant and new mothers and their children
Beth Racine

Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at El Paso Center Director and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Associate Department Head for Nutrition Extension Project: Precision Nutrition research in adolescent females. The 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) indicates that the population group with the greatest differences between recommended food group amounts and current intakes is adolescent females…
Robert Chapkin

Allen Endowed Chair in Nutrition & Chronic Disease Prevention, Distinguished Professor, Regents Professor, University Faculty Fellow, and NCI R35 Outstanding Investigator Project: Human milk Oligosaccharides in gut health. Epidemiologic studies support numerous benefits of breastfeeding compared to formula feeding, particularly related to gut and immune outcomes. Gastrointestinal and immune development are influenced by dietary intake…
Jeff Tomberlin

Professor, AgriLife Research Fellow, Presidential Impact Fellow and Director, National Science Foundation Center for Environmental Sustainability Through Insect Farming Project: Edible insects and health. The commercial industry around entomophagy was valued at 33 million USD in 2015, with future growth estimated at more than 40% by 2023. The release of the Food and Agriculture Organization…
Bhimu Patil

Professor and Director, Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center Project: Green N-Carbon Dots to Develop Climate Resilient Tomatoes with Enhanced Health Promoting Bioactive Compounds. This project aims to develop green, non-toxic nitrogen-doped carbon dot system for use with tomato farming in order to enhance drought tolerance as well as nutritive value. Seed nano-priming can improve sustainability…