Miriam Abouelnasr Entry Year: 2011 Contact: miriam.abouelnasr@emory.edu Advisor(s): Pending Dissertation Topic: To be determined Previous Degree(s): - M.S., Nutrition, Georgia State University - B.S., Dietetics and Consumer Foods, University of Georgia

		Kathryn Coakley Entry Year: 2010 Contact: kcoakle@emory.edu Advisor(s): Pending Dissertation Topic: To be determined Previous Degree(s): - M.S., Public Health, Case Western Reserve University - B.S., Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University

		Nicholas Deputy Entry Year: 2012 Contact: nicholas.deputy@emory.edu Advisor(s): Pending Dissertation Topic: To be determined Previous Degree(s): - M.P.H., Epidemiology, Boston University - B.S., Human Physiology, Boston University

		Silvia Eufinger Entry Year: 2008 Contact: scambro@emory.edu Advisor(s): Viola Vaccarino, M.D., Ph.D. Dissertation Topic: Decelerated Biological Aging as a Potential Mechanism for the Cardioprotective Effects of the Mediterranean Diet on Cardiovascular Disease: A Twin Study Previous Degree(s): - B.S., Biomedical Engeneering, Washington University

		Jennifer Frediani Entry Year: 2011 Contact: jfredia@emory.edu Advisor(s): Pending Dissertation Topic: To be determined Previous Degree(s): - M.S., Exercise Science, Georgia State University - B.S., Dietetics and Nutrition, Georgia State University

		Inés Gonzalez Casanova Soberon Entry Year: 2008 Contact: igonza2@emory.edu Advisor(s):Aryeh Stein, Ph.D. Dissertation Topic: Individual, social and environmental determinants of overweight and obesity in Colombia Previous Degree(s): - B.Sc., Nutrition, Escuela Dietetica y Nutricion

		Unjali Gujral Entry Year: 2010 Contact: unjali.gujral@emory.edu Advisor(s): Pending Dissertation Topic: To be determined Previous Degree(s): - M.P.H., Yale University - B.A., Economics, University of California, Irvine

		Ashley Holmes Entry Year: 2012 Contact: ashley.holmes@emory.edu Advisor(s): Pending Dissertation Topic: To be determined Previous Degree(s): - M.P.H., Physical Activity, George Washington University - A.B., Biological, Duke University

		Sandra Jackson Entry Year: 2009 Contact: sljack3@emory.edu Advisor(s): Larry Phillips, M.D. Dissertation Topic: "Examining the VA's Project Move! weight loss and lifestyle intervention" Previous Degree(s): - M.P.H., Emory University - B.A., Biology, Harvard-Radcliff College

		Ran Jin Entry Year: 2009 Contact: rjin@emory.edu Advisor(s): Anh Le, Ph.D. Dissertation Topic: "Lipid metabolism and cardiovascular risk in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease" Previous Degree(s): - M.D., Nanjing Medical University

		Juna Konomi Entry Year: 2009 Contact: jkonomi@emory.edu Advisor(s): Lou Ann Brown, Ph.D. Dissertation Topic: "Determining the effects of in utero chronic ethanol exposure on zinc homeostasis in the newborn alveolar macrophage" Previous Degree(s): - B.A., Brown University

		Sindhu Lakkur Entry Year: 2009 Contact: slakkur@emory.edu Advisor(s): Michael Goodman, M.D., M.P.H. Dissertation Topic: Oxidative stress and health outcomes Previous Degree(s): - B.S., Biology, University of Maryland, Baltimore

		Elizabeth Lundeen Entry Year: 2011 Contact: ealunde@emory.edu Advisor(s): Pending Dissertation Topic: To be determined Previous Degree(s): - M.P.H., Health Policy & Administration, Yale University - B.S., Business Administration, Uninversity of Missouri, Columbia

		Jessica Marcinkevage Entry Year: 2007 Contact: jmarcin@emory.edu Advisor(s): Venkat Narayan, M.D. Dissertation Topic: Preventing progression to gestational diabetes among African Americans: a pilot intervention trial Previous Degree(s): - M.P.H., Epidemiology, Emory University - B.S., Biology, University of Rochester

		Carla Moore Entry Year: 2008 Contact: cjmoor4@emory.edu Advisor(s): Mark Wilson, Ph.D. Dissertation Topic: "Effects of Psychosocial Stress on Caloric Intake and Obesity Risk in Female Rhesus Monkeys" Previous Degree(s): - M.P.H., Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill - B.S., Food Science, Clemson University

		Memorie Nichols Entry Year: 2010 Contact: memorie.nichols@emory.edu Advisor(s): Pending Dissertation Topic: To be determined Previous Degree(s): - M.S.H.S. PA, Weill Cornell Graduate School - B.S., Biomedical Studies, Auburn University

		Deborah Salvo Entry Year: 2008 Contact: dsalvo@emory.edu Advisor(s): Michael Pratt, M.D., M.P.H. and Reynaldo Martorell, Ph.D. Dissertation Topic: “Understanding the environmental correlates of physical activity for adults (20-65 years) in a Mexican city (Cuernavaca)" Previous Degree(s): - B.S., Nutrition and Food Science, Universidad Iberoamericana

		Julie Self Entry Year: 2009 Contact: jself@emory.edu Advisor(s): Reynaldo Martorell, Ph.D. and Aimee Webb Girard, Ph.D. Dissertation Topic: "Expanding the evidence base for household food production strategies to improve nutrition and health" Previous Degree(s): - M.P.H., Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University - B.A., Biology, Asbury College

		Nida Shaikh Entry Year: 2011 Contact: nida.shaikh@emory.edu Advisor(s): Pending Dissertation Topic: To be determined Previous Degree(s): - M.S., Nutrition, Georgia State University - B.S., Foods and Nutrition, S.N.D.T Women's University, Mumbai

		Karen Siegel Entry Year: 2010 Contact: karen.siegel@emory.edu Advisor(s): K.M. Venkat Narayan, Ph.D. Dissertation Topic: To be determined Previous Degree(s): - M.P.H., Yale University - B.A., Biology, Spanish, University of Pennsylvania

		Ellen Smith Entry Year: 2012 Contact: esmit24@emory.edu Advisor(s): Pending Dissertation Topic: To be determined Previous Degree(s): - B.S., Nutritional, Cornell University

		Lisa Staimez Entry Year: 2008 Contact: lrlevy@emory.edu Advisor(s): K.M. Venkat Narayan, Ph.D. Dissertation Topic: The role of early susceptibility to impaired beta-cell function on hyperglycemia in a lifestyle intervention trial Previous Degree(s): - M.P.H., Public Health, Yale University - B.S., Molec. & Cell Biology, University of Arizona

		Allison Sylvetsky Entry Year: 2009 Contact: asylvet@emory.edu Advisor(s): Miriam Vos, M.D., M.S.P.H. Dissertation Topic: Metabolic response to artificially sweetened beverages among overweight adolescents Previous Degree(s): -B.A., Psychology, George Washington University

		Caroline Um Entry Year: 2011 Contact: caroline.um@emory.edu Advisor(s): Pending Dissertation Topic: To be determined Previous Degree(s): - M.P.H, Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - B.S., Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

		Amanda Wendt Entry Year: 2009 Contact: awendt@emory.edu Advisor(s): Reynaldo Martorell, Ph.D. Dissertation Topic: “Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation during Pregnancy: Reducing Anemia in Bihar, India” Previous Degree(s): - M.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona - B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona

		Myra Woodworth-Hobbs Entry Year: 2009 Contact: mewoodw@emory.edu Advisor(s): Russ Price, Ph.D. Dissertation Topic: "Docosahexaenoic acid attenuates atrophy-related signaling in skeletal muscle" Previous Degree(s): - M.S., Exercise Physiology, West Virginia University - B.S., Exercise Physiology, West Virginia University

		Samrawit Yisahak Entry Year: 2012 Contact: syisaha@emory.edu Advisor(s): Pending Dissertation Topic: To be determined Previous Degree(s): - B.S., Nutritional, Cornell University