Meet Our Team

Zachary's research interests include ketogenic diets and hypercholesterolemia in healthy individuals and metabolomic and microbiome analysis and factors that lead to individual variation in response to dietary interventions.

Tricia's research interests include chronic disease and diet. 

Fatemeh's research interests include the role of micro- and macro-nutrients, individual foods, and dietary patterns in the prevention and management of established/emerging risk factors for diet-related chronic disorders such as cardiovascular diseases and obesity.

Cardiovascular nutrition; diet quality as it relates to risk of CVD and diabetes; the role of foods, nutrients, bioactives and dietary patterns in the prevention of CVD and diabetes.

Kayla's research interests include studying the relationship between dietary patterns and cardiometabolic diseases, and how this knowledge can be translated into public health policy.