Faculty mentors in the Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences (IGPNS)

Forty faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Madison serve as trainers in the  Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences (IGPNS).

Alexandra K. Adams, M.D. 1994, Ph.D. 1997. Department of Family Medicine Family- and community-based intervention to reduce obesity and cardiac risk factors in American Indian children.

Louis E. Armentano, Professor of Dairy Science; Ph.D., 1982. Ruminant nutritional physiology and the role of ruminants in using by-products derived from processing plants for human use.

Alan D. Attie, Professor of Biochemistry; Ph.D., 1980. Cell biology of lipoprotein assembly; genetics of obesity and diabetes.

Paul J. Bertics, Professor of Biomolecular Chemistry, Ph.D. 1984. Characterizing the regulation of cell proliferation and immune function in response to nutritional status, growth factors, cytokines, and pathogens.

Neil C. Binkley, Associate Professor of Medicine, M.D. 1979.  Vitamin K insufficiency and osteoporosis.

Glen A. Broderick, Professor of Dairy Science; Ph.D., 1972. Protein metabolism in the rumen; protein utilization and metabolism in ruminants, especially the lactating dairy cow.

Hannah V. Carey, Professor of Veterinary Medicine; Ph.D., 1983 Gastrointestinal physiology; intestinal adaptation; mammalian hibernation and its application to biomedicine; cellular and physiological responses to stress.

Margaret Clagett-Dame, Professor of Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Ph.D., 1985. Vitamin A in embryonic development; therapeutic uses of retinoids and deltanoids.

David K. Combs, Professor of Dairy Science; Ph.D., 1985. Ruminal digestion and metabolism of forages by dairy cattle; food intake regulation in ruminants.

Mark E. Cook, Professor of Animal Sciences; Ph.D. 1982. Immune regulation of nutrient metabolism and physiological processes in development, disease, and growth.

Thomas D. Crenshaw, Professor of Animal Science; Ph.D., 1980. Skeletal tissue growth and assessment; statistical approaches to establishment of mineral and amino acid requirements; swine nutrition.

Hector F. DeLuca, Steenbock Research Professor of Biochemistry; Ph.D., 1955. Molecular function of vitamins and hormones; metabolism of vitamins A and D. 

Marc K. Drezner, Professor of Medicine; M.D. 1970.  X-linked hypophosphatemia (PHEX-mutation) and the brochemical and bone histomorphological defects characteristic of the HYP-phenotype.

David J. Eide, University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., 1987. Nutritional genomics and molecular responses to changes in nutrient status.

Richard S. Eisenstein, Professor of Nutritional Sciences; Ph.D., 1985. Iron metabolism; posttranscriptional control of proteins required for the uptake, storage, and use of iron.

John D. Folts, Professor of Medicine; Ph.D., 1972. Health benefits of dietary flavonoids for reducing the initiation and promotion of atherosclerosis, thrombosis, and heart attacks.

Irwin Goldman, Associate Professor of Horticulture; Ph.D. Vegetable breeding and genetics, human health attributes of vegetable crops, history of plant breeding and genetics.

Frank R. Greer, Professor of Pediatrics; M.D., 1972. Infant nutrition: fat soluble vitamins, calcium metabolism, energy requirements, effects of dexamethasone on metabolism.

Guy E. Groblewski, Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences; Ph.D., 1991. Intracellular signal transduction in gastrointestinal epithelial cells.

Ric R. Grummer, Professor of Dairy Science; Ph.D., 1984. Lipid metabolism in ruminant animals; etiology of hepatic lipidosis and ketosis in periparturient dairy cows; nutritional prevention of lipid-related metabolism disorders in dairy cows.

Colleen E. Hayes, Professor of Biochemistry; Ph.D., 1973. Vitamin D regulation of immune function and autoimmune disease; genetic and  biochemical analysis of B-lymphocyte survival and apoptosis  signaling.

Li Li Ji, Professor of Kinesiology; Ph.D., 1985. Free radical biology with respect to exercise, aging, and pathogenesis; gene regulation and nutritional supplements of antioxidants.

Marty S. Kanarek, Professor of Population Health Sciences and Environmental Studies; Ph.D., 1978. Environmental epidemiology; potential population health effects from consumption of fish contaminated with mercury, PCBs, and other chemicals.

William H. Karasov, Professor of Wildlife Ecology; Ph.D., 1981. Intestinal absorption; effects of plant toxins; nutritional ecology of wild vertebrates.

Joseph W. Kemnitz, Professor of Physiology (also Director of National Primate Research Center); Ph.D., 1976. Regulation of energy balance; obesity, dietary restriction, and aging.

Pamela J. Kling, Associate Professor of Pediatrics; M.D. 1985. Erythropoiesis, iron metabolism and roles of erythropoietin in early development.

Kenneth A. Kudsk, Professor of Surgery; M.D., 1975. Effect of route and type of nutrition on surgical outcome; mucosal immunity and response to infection.

Huichuan J. Lai, Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences; Ph.D., R.D., 1995. Epidemiological studies linking nutrition and disease outcomes in pediatric populations.

Julie A. Mares, Professor of Ophthalmology; Ph.D., 1987. Epidemiological study of relationships between diet and age-related eye disease.

Denise M. Ney, Professor of Nutritional Sciences; Ph.D., 1986. Gastrointestinal physiology, nutrient-hormone interactions, and nutritional management of phenylketonuria.

Susan A. Nitzke, Professor of Nutritional Sciences; Ph.D., 1986. Developing and evaluating techniques to improve the effectiveness of nutrition education.

James M. Ntambi, Steenbock Professor of Nutritional Sciences (also Biochemistry); Ph.D., 1985. Mechanisms of fat cell differentiation; regulation of gene expression by dietary and hormonal factors.

Michael W. Pariza, Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Food Microbiology and Toxicology; Ph.D., 1973. Metabolism and mechanisms of action of conjugated linoleic acid.

Tomas Prolla, Associate Professor of Genetics; Ph.D. 1994. Mechanisms of aging and the effect of caloric restriction on aging; effect of selenium status on DNA repair and oxidative stress.

Jess Reed, Professor of Animal Sciences; Ph.D. 1983. Flavonoids and other phytochemicals in animal and human health and nutrition.

Joanne Robbins, Professor of Medicine, Sections of Gastroenterology and Geriatrics/Gerontology; M.D. Swallowing/changes with age; dysphagia - its diagnosis and treatment, particularly in elders.

Daniel Schaefer, Professor of Animal Sciences; Ph.D., 1979.  Dietary antioxidant effects on meat quality. 

Dale A. Schoeller, Professor of Nutritional Sciences; Ph.D., 1974. Energy metabolism and human obesity, body composition, and stable isotope techniques for macronutrient metabolism.

Philipp W. Simon, Professor of Horticulture; Ph.D., 1977. Biochemical genetics and breeding of carrots, alliums, and cucumber; genetic improvement of vegetable culinary and nutritional value.

Susan M. Smith, Professor of Nutritional Sciences; Ph.D., 1987. Mechanism of vitamin A action in embryogenesis; molecular mechanism of fetal alcohol syndrome.

Roger A. Sunde, Professor of Nutritional Sciences; Ph.D., 1980. Selenium deficiency as a model for nutrient regulation of gene expression; molecular mechanism of selenium regulation and homeostasis; biochemical functions of selenium.

Sherry Tanumihardjo, Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences; Ph.D., 1993. Vitamin A assessment methodology; carotenoid bioavailability; and international nutrition.

Richard Weindruch, Professor of Medicine; Ph.D., 1978. The biology of aging; studying caloric restriction (CR), which slows the aging process in laboratory animals such as mice, rats, and rhesus monkeys.

Eric Yen, Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences; Ph.D. 2000. Intestine, assimilation of dietary fat, and energy balance.