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Presented at the American Society for Nutrition conference in Chicago:

• Ayodeji Adepoju: Impact of Almond Consumption on Adipose Tissue Gene Expression Profiles in Adults With Obesity
• Onyedika Ani: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Food Security, Race, and Sex on Cardiometabolic and Cognitive Health Outcomes in Young Adults With Overweight and Obesity

Co-authors from the lab included Philip Brickey and Leah Groene.

Presented at MU research weeks:

• Jenna Skidmore, Undergraduate Research Week: A Systematic Review on Effects of Diet on Gut Microbiota in Individuals at Risk for Colorectal Cancer
• Elaheh Rabbani, CAFNR Research Week: Study Protocol: Effects of Lean Beef Consumption on Cardiometabolic Health and Gut Microbiome
• Leah Groene, Show-Me Research Week: Effects of Food Security Status on Diet Quality and BMI of Emerging Young Adults

Co-authors from the lab included Saurabh Pandey and Onyedika Ani.

John Cullen and Shahim Shahzad’s systematic review examined the effects of exercise on gut microbial diversity, taxonomic composition, and microbial metabolites. Read the paper.

Invited talks by Dr. Dhillon, in addition to the White House PCAST workshop:

• Human and Evolutionary Biology Section, University of Southern California, Los Angeles: Dietary and Exercise Influences on Cardiometabolic Health and Host-Microbiome Interactions
• NextGen Precision Health Discovery Series, University of Missouri: How Diet and Exercise Influence Cardiometabolic Health and Microbiome Interactions

Invited panelist and presenter on equity challenges in nutrition science at the PCAST Advancing Nutrition Science Workshop. Slides

At the USDA NC1193 Multistate Project meeting in Portland, Maine, Leah Groene and Dr. Dhillon presented strategies for addressing the project’s big data objective.

For the 2023–2024 academic year.

Awarded again in 2024.

Dr. Dhillon presented work with John Cullen and Shahim Shahzad at the American Society for Nutrition conference in Boston: Beyond Diet: How 6 Weeks of Resistance Training Can Alter the Gut Microbiome in Overweight and Obesity.

His research on resistance training and the gut microbiome, with Shahim Shahzad, was published in Journal of Applied Physiology.

Elaheh Rabbani and Dr. Dhillon presented the beef study design at the Missouri Beef Farmers’ Congregation in West Plains.

Presented at MU Show-Me Research Week:

• Shahim Shahzad: The Effects of 6 Weeks of Resistance Training on Subjective Appetite in Young Adults With Overweight and Obesity
• Leah Groene: Cardiometabolic Outcomes and Immune Markers – What Is the Association?
• Onyedika Ani: Hepatic Lipidomic Profiling in Response to an Oral Fat Tolerance Test in Obese Rats

Co-authors from the lab included John Cullen, Philip Brickey, and Ayodeji Adepoju.

Kaitlyn Aldaz and Sigry Ortiz Flores’s paper examined food perceptions, food preferences, diet quality, and health on a food desert campus. Read the paper.

Invited talks by Dr. Dhillon:

• CAFNR Research Council Series, University of Missouri: Dietary and Exercise Influences on Cardiometabolic Health and Host-Microbiome Interactions
• Translational Biosciences Graduate Program, University of Missouri: Research Overview: Dietary and Exercise Influences on Cardiometabolic Health and Host-Microbiome Interactions

Presented at MU Health Sciences Research Day:

• Onyedika Ani: Effect of an Eight-Week Personalized Functional Food Diet on Cardiovascular Health in Individuals With Overweight and Obesity
• John Cullen: The Effects of 6 Weeks of Resistance Training on Cardiometabolic Outcome in Individuals With Overweight and Obesity

Co-authors from the lab included Eleanor Levinson and Shahim Shahzad.

For a project on personalized diets and dietary compliance.

Dr. Dhillon, Sigry Ortiz Flores, and colleagues reviewed how racial and ethnic minority groups are represented in clinical nutrition interventions. The review was named an Editor’s Choice in the ASN Publications Newsletter. Read the paper.