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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Big 12 Conference Announces 2026-27 Faculty of the Year Award Honorees Congratulations, Dr. William Holland: Associate Professor - Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology! Thank you for your outstanding contributions! Read the announcement here: buff.ly/5jeVBew

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Hot off the press, the Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology Quarterly Newsletter. Our July newsletter focuses on our department's outstanding achievements and accolades. Check out the highlights from this past year: buff.ly/kpU3JTA

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NUIP Newsletter - Awards And Recognition

Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology Quarterly Newsletter Awards and Recognition Welcome to the July newsletter, focused on our department's outstanding achievements and accolades.…

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

We’re Hiring! Clinical Faculty in Nutrition & Dietetics at the University of Utah The Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology is excited to announce a career-line Clinical Faculty opening for a passionate Registered Dietitian who loves teaching, mentoring, and clinical practice.

We’re Hiring! Clinical Faculty in Nutrition & Dietetics. Job posting.

We’re Hiring! Clinical Faculty in Nutrition & Dietetics. About the role.

We’re Hiring! Clinical Faculty in Nutrition & Dietetics. Key responsibilities.

We’re Hiring! Clinical Faculty in Nutrition & Dietetics. Minimum qualifications.

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

🚨 We’re Hiring! Clinical Faculty in Nutrition & Dietetics at the University of Utah 🚨 The Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology is excited to announce a career-line Clinical Faculty opening for a passionate Registered Dietitian who loves teaching, mentoring, and clinical practice.

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Spring 2026 NUIP Graduate Highlight! Congratulations, Jessica Laures, MS! Focused Area of Study (FAS): ADVANCING DIABETES PREVENTION FOR SPECIAL OLYMPIC ATHLETES: PROGRAM AND FACILITATOR GUIDE DEVELOPMENT. #UImagineMore #UImagineThenDo #UniversityofUtah #UofUHealth

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Spring 2026 NUIP Graduate Highlight! Congratulations, Julie Kavas, MS! Focused Area of Study (FAS): ADVANCING DIABETES PREVENTION FOR SPECIAL OLYMPIC ATHLETES: PROGRAM AND FACILITATOR GUIDE DEVELOPMENT. #UImagineMore #UImagineThenDo #UniversityofUtah #UofUHealth

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Spring 2026 NUIP Graduate Highlight! Congratulations, Emily Medina, MS! Focused Area of Study (FAS): NUTRITION EDUCATION CLASSES FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AT THE MEDICALLY VULNERABLE POPULATION SHELTER #UImagineMore #UImagineThenDo #UniversityofUtah #UofUHealth

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Spring 2026 NUIP Graduate Highlight! Congratulations, Vanessa Gonzalez Churchill, MS! Focused Area of Study (FAS): NUTRITION EDUCATION CLASSES FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AT THE MEDICALLY VULNERABLE POPULATION SHELTER #UImagineMore #UniversityofUtah #UofUHealth

Graduate Student Highlight, Vanessa Gonzalez Churchill

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Spring 2026 NUIP Graduate Highlight! Congratulations, Kara Pastorik-Mabey, MS! Focused Area of Study (FAS): UNIVERSITY OF UTAH STUDENT LIFE CENTER: DEVELOPMENT OF NUTRITION EDUCATION TO SERVE ITS PATRONS. #UImagineMore #UImagineThenDo #UniversityofUtah #UofUHealth

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Spring 2026 NUIP Graduate Highlight! Congratulations, Madison Kaneko, MS! Focused Area of Study (FAS): UNIVERSITY OF UTAH STUDENT LIFE CENTER: DEVELOPMENT OF NUTRITION EDUCATION TO SERVE ITS PATRONS. #UImagineMore #UImagineThenDo #UniversityofUtah #UofUHealth

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Spring 2026 NUIP Graduate Highlight! Congratulations, Mackenzie Delgado, MS! Focused Area of Study (FAS): UNIVERSITY OF UTAH STUDENT LIFE CENTER: DEVELOPMENT OF NUTRITION EDUCATION TO SERVE ITS PATRONS. #UImagineMore #UniversityofUtah #UofUHealth

Graduate Student Highlight, Mackenzie Delgado

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Spring 2026 NUIP Graduate Highlight! Congratulations, Leigh Shanor, MS! Focused Area of Study (FAS): REDESIGN OF EMPLOYEE NUTRITION TRAINING MODULES FOR THE UTAH SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN. #UImagineMore #UImagineThenDo #UniversityofUtah #UofUHealth

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Spring 2026 NUIP Graduate Highlight! Congratulations, Maren Curtis, MS! Focused Area of Study (FAS): REDESIGN OF EMPLOYEE NUTRITION TRAINING MODULES FOR THE UTAH SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN. #UImagineMore #UofUHealth

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Spring 2026 NUIP Graduate Highlight! Congratulations, Jadyn Campbell, MS! Focused Area of Study (FAS): UNIVERSITY OF UTAH METABOLIC KITCHEN SPECIALTY DIETS. #UImagineMore #UImagineThenDo #UniversityofUtah #UofUHealth

Graduate Student Highlight, Jadyn Campbell

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Graduation Day! Convocation Ceremony Friday, May 2, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. | Jon M. Huntsman Center Students and Faculty arrive by 1:30 p.m. dressed in full regalia Live Stream: buff.ly/ekkxvZC

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Spring 2026 NUIP Graduate Highlight! Congratulations, Kamryn Shapiro, MS! Focused Area of Study (FAS): DEVELOPMENT OF NUTRITION AND LIFESTYLE TRANSITION CURRICULUM FOR COLLEGIATE ATHLETES PREPARING THEM FOR LIFE AFTER SPORT. #UImagineMore #UImagineThenDo #UniversityofUtah #UofUHealth

Spring 2026 NUIP Graduate Highlight, Kamryn Shapiro!

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Spring 2026 NUIP Graduate Highlight! Congratulations, Mary Morgan, MS! Focused Area of Study (FAS): DEVELOPMENT OF NUTRITION AND LIFESTYLE TRANSITION CURRICULUM FOR COLLEGIATE ATHLETES PREPARING THEM FOR LIFE AFTER SPORT. #UImagineMore #UImagineThenDo #UniversityofUtah #UofUHealth

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Spring 2026 NUIP Graduate Highlight! Congratulations, Hannah Doherty, MS! Focused Area of Study (FAS): DEVELOPMENT OF NUTRITION AND LIFESTYLE TRANSITION CURRICULUM FOR COLLEGIATE ATHLETES PREPARING THEM FOR LIFE AFTER SPORT. #UniversityofUtah #UofUHealth

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Spring 2026 NUIP Graduate highlight! Congratulations, Catherine Valeo, MS! Dissertation: Investigating Oral Bioavailability and Metabolic Fate of Ceramides in Mammalian Systems. #UImagineMore #UImagineThenDo #UniversityofUtah #UofUHealth

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Spring 2026 NUIP Graduate highlight! Congratulations, Elizabeth Moore, MS! Dissertation: SEX-DEPENDENT EFFECTS OF SEMAGLUTIDE ON MUSCLE MASS AND MUSCLE FUNCTION IN AGED MICE. #UImagineMore #UImagineThenDo #UniversityofUtah #UofUHealth

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Spring 2026 NUIP Graduate highlight! Congratulations, Dr. Precious C. Opurum! Dissertation: Cardiolipin Synthesis in Chronic Kidney Disease. #UImagineMore #UImagineThenDo #UniversityofUtah #UofUHealth

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Spring 2026 NUIP Graduate highlight! Congratulations, Dr. Omid Rouzbehani! Dissertation: PRDM16-MEDIATED CARDIOMYOPATHY: MOLECULAR MECHANISMS AND THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES. #UImagineMore #UImagineThenDo #UniversityofUtah #UofUHealth

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

University of Utah's Kevin Hicks Selected as 2026 VPCAT Scholar for Metabolome-Proteome Research Kevin Hicks, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, has been selected as a 2026 Vice President’s Clinical and Translational (VPCAT) Scholar at the

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Augustine Takyi Selected to Present at DELPHI Data Science Symposium Augustine Takyi, a Ph.D. student in Paul Stewart’s lab in the Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, was selected to present a lightning talk at the University of Utah’s Data Exploration and Learning for Precision

Augustine Takyi, a PhD student in the Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Stewart Lab Earns Global Recognition and New Awards for Cancer Research The Stewart Lab in the Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and the Huntsman Cancer Institute have been selected to host a Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Reaz Uddin, from the University of Karachi (Pakistan). Uddin will

Dr. Paul Stewart, Research Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Let Digital Learning Technologies (DLT) help you put your best face forward! Join us for Headshot Wednesday, a weekly event hosted by DLT Learning Experience Manager Tony Sams. Drop by the Video Studio in Marriott Library Room 1705 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Wednesdays for a complimentary

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Theresa Dvorak to Lead Teaching Kitchen Workshop at International Congress on Integrative Medicine Meeting in April. Theresa Dvorak, associate professor and director of Culinary Medicine with the Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, has been accepted to lead a pre-congress workshop

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Fall 2025 NUIP Graduate Highlight! Congratulations, Joah Johnson, MS! Focused Area of Study Title: Creating a 3-Day Calorie and Macronutrient Controlled Diet for the University of Utah Metabolic Kitchen. #UniversityofUtah #UofUHealth

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

New Drug Protects Mitochondria and Prevents Kidney Injury in Mice Serious damage to short-term kidney function—known as acute kidney injury, or AKI—can be fatal and also increase the risk of irreversible chronic kidney disease. It can be triggered by stressors ranging from sepsis to heart surgery,

Electron microscope images of mitochondria. Left: healthy mitochondria. Middle: badly damaged mitochondria from a kidney with AKI. Right: mitochondria treated with a drug that prevents AKI. Image credit: Rebekah Nicholson and Linda Nikolova

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

NUIP was excited to participate in UFamily Weekend, highlighting our nutrition minor, master’s degree, PhD program, and the wide range of nutrition practice areas through interactive stations. Guests explored activities like Veggie Meter readings, MyPlate meal building, nutrition label reviews,

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

A New Paper from NUIP! Therapeutic remodeling of the ceramide backbone prevents kidney injury. Authors: Nicholson RJ, Cedeño-Rosario L, Maschek JA, Lonergan T, Van Vranken JG, Kruse ARS, Stubben CJ, Wang L, Stuart D, Alcantara QA, Revelo MP, Rutter K, Pahulu M, Taloa J, Wu X, Kim J, Kim J,

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Metabolic Health Week! FRIDAY, JANUARY 16 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM: Wellness Bus Chronic Disease Screenings, (Public - Roy @ Roy Weber County Library Southwest Branch 2039 W 4000 S). Learn more about the Wellness Bus: buff.ly/bYiEray

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The Wellness Bus: Free Health Screenings, Coaching, & Education

Get your health screenings from our rolling wellness location: The Wellness Bus. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook where you can find out our location for the day.

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

FACULTY PANEL 11 AM - 12 P M EIHG 1st Floor Auditorium

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Metabolic Health Week! THURSDAY, JANUARY 15 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM: Wellness Bus Chronic Disease Screenings, (Public - South Salt Lake @ Central Park Community Center, 2797 S 200 E) . Learn more about the Wellness Bus: buff.ly/bYiEray

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The Wellness Bus: Free Health Screenings, Coaching, & Education

Get your health screenings from our rolling wellness location: The Wellness Bus. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook where you can find out our location for the day.

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Metabolic Health Week! WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14 2:00 - 6:00 PM: Wellness Bus Chronic Disease Screenings, (Public - Kearns @ Kearns Library, 4275 W 5345 S). Learn more about the Wellness Bus: buff.ly/bYiEray

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The Wellness Bus: Free Health Screenings, Coaching, & Education

Get your health screenings from our rolling wellness location: The Wellness Bus. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook where you can find out our location for the day.

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Metabolic Health Week! TUESDAY, JANUARY 13 2:00 - 6:00 PM: Wellness Bus Chronic Disease Screenings, (Public - Glendale @ Glendale Sorenson Unity Center, 1383 S 900 W). Learn more about the Wellness Bus: buff.ly/bYiEray

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The Wellness Bus: Free Health Screenings, Coaching, & Education

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Coordinated Master's Program Application Deadline: January 15th Apply: dicas.cas.myliaison.com/applicant-ux...

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Metabolic Health Week starts today! Monday, January 12 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM: Wellness Bus Chronic Disease Screenings (Public - West Valley City @ Redwood Recreation Center, 3060 S. Lester St). 6:00 PM: Metabolism Trivia Night (U of U Student Union, West Ballroom)

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Metabolic Health Week starts tomorrow! January 12 - 16. Open to the public! We look forward to seeing you there!

Metabolic Health Week Calendar of Events

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Please join us for Metabolic Health Week next week, January 12 - 16. Open to the public! We look forward to seeing you there!

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

A new paper from NUIP! Authors: Molly Jenee Buccola, Adhini Kuppuswamy Satheesh Babu, Henry A Paz, Nizhoni Dawn Porter, Harini Srinivasan, Rachel Lyn Ricks, Keaton Rosquist, Jose Luis Torres, Ying Zhong, Thunder Jalili, Umesh D Wankhade, Pon Velayutham Anandh Babu

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

A new paper from NUIP! Authors: Christelle Colin-Leitzinger, Yonatan Ayalew Mekonnen, Isis Narvaez-Bandera, Vanessa Y Rubio, Dalia Ercan, Eric A Welsh, Lancia N F Darville, Min Liu, Hayley D Ackerman, Julian Avila-Pacheco, Clary B Clish, Kevin Hicks, John M Koomen, Nancy Gillis, Brooke L Fridley,

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

There is still time to donate! Non-perishable donations will be shared with the University of Food Pantry and Crossroads Urban Center's Glendale Pantry. Drop Off: December 4, 2025, to HPER N, Room 200 Utah Food Bank Barrel

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

A new paper from NUIP! Authors: Karasawa T, Choi RH, Meza CA, Watanabe S, Maschek JA, Nikolova LS, Cox JE, Funai K. Read the abstract: buff.ly/gQM7B7D

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Examining Gut Microbiome as a Determinant of Blueberry Polyphenol Bioavailability to Optimize Dose and Phytochemical Standardization for Functional Effects in Humans The NIH Consortium for Advancing Research on Botanical and Other Natural Products (CARBON) Program announced an award to a new

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uofunuip.bsky.social @uofunuip.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

A new paper from NUIP! Renan Fl Vieira, Sawyer R Sanchez, Menusha Arumugam, Peyton D Mower, Meghan C Curtin, Abigail E Jackson, Molly R Gallop, Jillian Wright, Alexis Bowles, Gregory S Ducker, Keren I Hilgendorf, Amandine Chaix Read the abstract: buff.ly/ccMep1g

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