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Zach Wenger
Zachary Wenger
Advisor, Kristina Petersen
The Diet and Cardiometabolic Health Lab
Summary Statement

Zach studies diet-disease relationships, with a focus on how dietary patterns, lipid metabolism, and specific food components affect the prevention and management of cardiometabolic outcomes.

Department
  • Graduate Program
  • Diet and Cardiometabolic Health Lab
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Education
  • Master of Science, Applied Nutrition, James Madison University
  • Bachelor of Science, Dietetics, James Madison University
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Honors and Awards

  • Minnie Christiansen - Margaret Miner Endowed Scholarship Award, James Madison University (2023)