Nutrition and Integrative Physiology

NUIP PhD candidate Precious Opurum introduced how she became interested in Science at the DASL's Night at the Museum Talks. Listen in here: https://buff.ly/4i6kC5k DASL at the University of Utah embodies the mission to create a hub of scientists to access resources, build community, and collaborate. In addition to hosting lectures, our mission here at the U of U is to feature diversity by promoting science communication to bridge existing gaps within our communities in Utah.

New paper from NUIP! Lasting Effects of Surgically Used Topical Vasodilators on DIEP Artery Vascular Function Authors: Kofoed JS, Tuncer FB, Kwok AC, Agarwal JP, Ruple BA, Borrelli M, Symons JD, Richardson RS, Broxterman RM.

NUIP PhD candidate Sohom Mookherjee introduced how he became interested in Science at the DASL's Night at the Museum Talks. Listen in here: https://buff.ly/3X5zWa2 DASL at the University of Utah embodies the mission to create a hub of scientists to access resources, build community, and collaborate. In addition to hosting lectures, our mission here at the U of U is to feature diversity by promoting science communication to bridge existing gaps within our communities in Utah.

NUIP PhD candidate, Sohom Mookherjee was selected as a 2025 Research Recognition Award recipient by the American Physiological Society (APS) Endocrinology & Metabolism Physiology Section. Congratulations, Sohom!

NUIP PhD candidate Marie Norris won the Best Presentation Award at the Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was the only award given at the conference, and as a recipient of the award, they will fly her to Japan for the 2025 SIMD conference. Congrats, Marie! Pictured: Dr. Scott Summers, Marie Norris, and Susan Berry, the President of SIMD.

NUIP PhD candidate Marie Norris won the Best Presentation Award at the Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was the only award given at the conference, and as a recipient of the award, they will fly her to Japan for the 2025 SIMD conference. Congrats, Marie! Pictured: Dr. Scott Summers, Marie Norris, and Susan Berry, the President of SIMD.

New NUIP Faculty Highlight! Crystal Davey-Hicks (Assistant Professor in the Research Track) obtained her PhD in 2015 from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center at the University of Washington before completing a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. In 2017 she became the Director of the Mutation Generation and Detection (MGD) Core, which provides custom gene-editing reagents and services to help researchers understand how gene variants influence biological responses. In parallel, she Co-Directed the Transgenic Gene-Targeting Mouse Facility to help researchers model these mutations in model organisms. In 2024 she took over as the sole Director of this latter facility. Crystal has been an essential collaborator for many of our research labs and has enabled the completion of an impressive number of papers and projects, including recent efforts modifying human pluripotent stem cells. Crystal’s core facilities are located in EIHG. Welcome, Crystal

New Paper from NUIP! Baseline predictors associated with successful weight loss among breast cancer survivors in the Lifestyle, Exercise, and Nutrition (LEAN) study. Authors: Hoobler R, Puklin LS, Harrigan M, Cartmel B, Li FY, Sanft T, Ferrucci LM, Irwin ML, Playdon MC. https://buff.ly/3Eh0zSO

New NUIP Faculty Highlight! Paul Stewart (Associate Professor in the Research Track) completed BS and MS degrees in Mathematics and a PhD in Chemistry at Florida State University. Shortly thereafter, he completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Moffitt Cancer Center, where he developed his skills as a computational biologist with expertise integrating mass spec-based ‘omic datasets (e.g., metabolomics and proteomics) and developing novel bioinformatic tools. His recent publications have provided new insight into relationships between metabolomes, proteomes, and cancer outcomes. Paul will have joint appointments with NUIP, HCI, and UofU Cores. In NUIP, he will develop his own research interests, collaborate with NUIP faculty, and develop a new practical course on the integration of ‘omics. With HCI and UofU Cores, he will serve as Associate Director of the Metabolomics and the Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Cores and perform additional work with the HCI Cancer Bioinformatics Core. Welcome, Paul!

A new paper from NUIP! Metabolic phenotype and risk of obesity-related cancers in the Women's Health Initiative. Authors: Karra P, Hardikar S, Winn M, Anderson GL, Haaland B, Shadyab AH, Neuhouser ML, Seguin-Fowler RA, Thomson CA, Coday M, Wactawski-Wende J, Stefanick ML, Zhang X, Cheng TD, Karanth S, Sun Y, Saquib N, Pichardo MS, Jung SY, Tabung FK, Summers SA, Holland WL, Jalili T, Gunter MJ, Playdon MC. https://buff.ly/4gE9prz