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Principal Investigator

Muzi Na is the principal investigator of The 4D Lab: Diet, Disparities, Development, & Degeneration and professor of nutritional sciences. She obtained her Ph.D. in nutrition and M.H.S. in biostatistics, both from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She was the Broadhurst Career Development Professor for the Study of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, 2019 -2022. Na’s research program explores food insecurity, nutrition, mental and sleep health connections that weave together multiple psychosocial and behavioral factors.

Our Team

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Muzi Na

Associate Professor
Broadhurst Career Development Professor for the Study of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 2019-2022

Summary Statement

Muzi Na’s research explores the mechanisms leading to health disparities, particularly with interests in social and behavioral determinants, such as food insecurity, diet and dietary behavior, psychosocial exposures, in relation to mental wellbeing and sleep health.

Department

Nutritional Sciences - NUTR

Phone

814-865-2919

muzi.na@psu.edu

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