Congratulations to NHS student Lisa Staimez, who won first place at the first Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition at Emory. The 3MT exercise challenges research students to present a compelling oration on their thesis topic and its significance to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes.

Congratulations to NHS student Ines Gonzalez Casanova Soberon, who won the best presentation award for participants from a developing country at the 4th International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health in Sydney for her presentation of "Familial determinants of sedentary behaviour in children 5 to 18 years from Colombia."

Congratulations to NHS student Allison Sylvetsky and Dr. Miriam Vos for their publication in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, "Low-calorie sweetener consumption is increasing in the United States."

Congratulations to NHS student Kathryn Coakley, and Professors Thomas Ziegler and Vin Tangpricha for their publication in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, "High-dose cholecalciferol reduces parathyroid hormone in patients with early chronic kidney disease: a pilot, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial."

NHS student Karen Siegel is co-editor of "Sick Societies: Responding to the global challenge of chronic disease," published by the Oxford University Press. Congratulations Karen!

Congratulations to NHS student Ines Gonzalez Casanova Soberon, who was appointed a governing committee member of the International Nutrition Council.

NHS student Karen Siegel is an author of "Role of Students in Global Health Delivery" published in the Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine.

Congratulations to NHS student Stefanie Hinkle, who won second place at the Georgia Nutrition Council Conference for her presentation and analysis of Prepregnancy Obesity Trends among Low-Income U.S. Women. The mission of the Georgia Nutrition Council is to bring together professionals from all fields of nutrition in order to broaden their perspectives of nutrition and unite their efforts in addressing nutrition problems in Georgia.

An op-ed article on the USDA's Dairy Management program by NHS student Karen Siegel and Dr. K.M. Venkat Narayan is featured in the February 8, 2011 Atlanta Journal Consitution.

Congratulations to NHS student Jessica Marcinkevage for her recent publication in Primary Care Diabetes: Gestational diabetes mellitus: Taking it to heart.

Our students obtain the skills necessary to investigate relationships between human nutrition and health and contribute to improving nutrition worldwide. The NHS faculty were recently ranked 4th in the US in terms of research productivity. Core strengths in metabolomics and predictive medicine, clinical nutrition, population-based intervention trials and epidemiology, and public nutrition programs ensure a quality training, whatever aspect of human nutrition inspires you.

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