Corrie Whisner, PhDDr. Whisner joined the College of Health Solutions faculty in August 2014. Recent honors include serving as a blogger for the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) in 2013 and 2014, as well as, her recent induction as a member of the ASN Public Information Committee. She received both her BS and PhD from Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN where she studied the effects of prebiotic supplementation on calcium absorption and the gut microbiome in adolescent boys and girls. Prior to joining the faculty at ASU, she was a USDA NIFA AFRI postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. While at Cornell, she expanded her research expertise into the social sciences by implementing a social media intervention to improve the health behaviors of pregnant adolescents. In her free time she enjoys running, baking, decorating cakes and watching her pet salamander, Waldo, swim around.
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Doctoral Students
Carmen Ortega, MSCarmen is currently a doctorate student in the School of Nutrition and Health Promotion. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 2015 and her Master of Science in Physiology from Universitat de Barcelona in 2016. During her studies, she has been involved in several research studies related to sport nutrition and exercise physiology. She has previously completed research investigating gut permeability in endurance and ultra-endurance recreational athletes at Liverpool John Moores University. Additionally, she has served as the RD for a research project that studies the iron metabolism, menstrual cycle, and muscular damage in endurance female athletes at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Carmen is interested in how the microbiome is related to health, disease, and exercise. In her free time she likes to workout outdoors, travel as much as possible and ventures to the beach frequently.
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Shannon WilsonComing Soon!
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Past Doctoral Students
Kiley Vander Wyst, PhD, MPHKiley received her doctorate in Nutritional Sciences from Arizona State University in 2019, her Master of
Public Health degree from Boston University in 2011, and her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at Arizona State University. Her doctoral work focused on variations in metabolism during pregnancy and the impact of macronutrient distribution and sleep hygiene on resting energy expenditure. This community-based intervention in a high-risk population led her to seek additional training under Dr. Gabriel Shaibi. As a postdoctoral fellow she will focus on sex differences in body composition among adolescents in response to a lifestyle intervention. Her goal is to use this information to better develop and implement community-based interventions for high-risk populations. This additional training will expose her to a different population in order to obtain the expertise across the lifespan to become a proficient scientist in the field of maternal child health. Kiley loves to travel, explore the outdoors, and drink craft beers. She is an avid hiker and runner and loves to snow ski whenever she can! |
Masters Students
Samantha ToffoliSamantha is a first year Master’s student in Nutritional Science and will be completing a dietetic internship in the 2020-2021 school year. She received her Bachelor of Science in Dietetics from the University of Florida. Samantha is a TRANSCEND trainee, which is a traineeship that aims to develop leadership and knowledge in the field of maternal and child health. Her current research interests include the infant gut microbiome and childhood obesity.
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Jessica KingJessie King is currently a Master's of Human Nutrition student and will complete a dietetic internship during the '17 - '18 school year. She will graduate in May of 2018. Jessie’s current research project is focused on finding the relationship whole grain intake has on fecal concentrations of short chain fatty acids. Jessie is a native Phoenician, mother of two girls and likes to garden and craft in her spare time.
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MaryTara graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelors Degree in Human Nutrition in 2015. Tara's academic background is a blend of biological as well as nutritional sciences. She has done research in basic cognitive behaviors with the Psychology Department, exercise science focusing on muscle physiology, and nutritional science. Her professional goal is to obtain a PhD degree in nutritional sciences to conduct research in an academic setting. Tara's hobbies include painting and participating in events related to music and art.
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Undergraduate Students
Justin Le, Barrett Honors StudentStay tuned!
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Simran Bhakta, Barrett Honors StudentComing Soon!
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CarolineComing Soon!
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Lab Alumni
Dylon Adams, BS |
Jasmine? |