Nutrition and Non-Communicable Diseases Interest Group
      
          
          - When: 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, 10:00–11:00 a.m. EST (academic year)
 - Where: Primarily in person, 2-205 Conference Room, 2024 E. Monument Street
 - Virtual Option: Contact the staff coordinator for Zoom information and to join the listserv
 
About the Group
The Nutrition and Non-Communicable Diseases Interest Group meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays during the academic year and is open to all interested trainees and faculty members.
The purpose of these meetings is to provide a forum for trainees and faculty across the university to discuss nutritional factors related to the risk of non-communicable diseases. Discussions take place through:
- Critiquing recent journal articles
 - Presenting research-in-progress
 - Discussing new research ideas
 - Hosting guest speakers from outside the university
 
The first session of the academic year features a lightning round of brief faculty research overviews to facilitate collaborations and initiate trainee projects.
Contact Information
- Faculty Contact: Casey M. Rebholz, PhD, MNSP, MS, MPH
 - Staff Contact: Laura Gottschalk
 
VIEW THE INTEREST GROUP's ARCHIVE
| DATE | PRESENTER | TOPIC | 
|---|---|---|
| 09/10/2025 | Maya Vadiveloo, PhD, RD | Ultraprocessed Foods and Their Association With Cardiometabolic Health: Evidence, Gaps, and Opportunities: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association | 
| 09/24/2025 | Larry Appel, MD, MPH, & Michael Fang, PhD, MHS | Effect of a DASH-Style Diet and Sodium Reduction on Blood Pressure and Glucose Variability in Type 2 Diabetes: The DASH4D Randomized Clinical Trial | 
| 10/08/2025 | Heli Xu, PhD, MHS | Dietary Potassium Intake and Serum Potassium in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study | 
| 10/22/2025 | Anna Claire Tucker, MPH, RD | What is "Healthy" Food? Examining FDA Criteria and Trends in Intake of “Healthy” Foods among U.S. Adults | 
| 11/12/2025 | Valerie K. Sullivan, PhD, MHS, RDN | Serum and Urine Metabolite Correlates of Vitamin D Supplementation in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study | 
| 11/26/2025 | No Meeting 🦃 Thanksgiving Break  | |
| 12/10/2025 | Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc | |
| 12/24/2025 | No Meeting ❄️ Winter Break  | |
| 01/07/2026 | No Meeting ❄️ Winter Break  | |
| 01/21/2026 | ||
| 02/11/2026 | Danxia Yu, PhD | |
| 02/25/2026 | ||
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| 05/13/2026 | ||