Staff
Simin Nikbin Meydani, D.V.M., Ph.D., Laboratory Director
HNRCA Associate Director, Senior Scientist and Professor, Nutrition and Immunology
Research focus: age- and nutrient-induced changes in immune and inflammatory response, their underlying mechanisms and clinical implications
Dayong Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Scientist I and Assistant Professor, Nutrition
Research focus: effects of dietary lipids, antioxidant nutrients, and other food components on immune and inflammatory responses; eicosanoid metabolism and immune function; molecular mechanisms of age-related changes in immune cells
Angelo Azzi, M.D., Ph.D.
Scientist
Research focus: the molecular function of tocopherols and carotenoids
David Hamer, M.D.
Adjunct Scientist
Assistant Professor, Medicine and Nutrition
Research focus: nutritional relationships of infectious disease
Basil Fine, M.D.
Adjunct Scientst
Research focus: infectious diseases in the elderly
Junaidah Bajrai Barnett, Ph.D.
Scientist
Research focus: effects of nutrients, dietary and other factors on infectious and chronic diseases
Tina Huang, Ph.D.
Scientist III
Research focus: Effects of fats and fat-soluble vitamins on cognitive functioning in the elderly
Zhihong Ren, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Research focus: effect of age and nutrients on food-borne pathogens
Hoan-Jen Eunice Pang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Research focus: Effect of age and nutrition in immune response and the resistance to foodborne pathogens
Emily Peters, B.S., Research Technician
Sarah Belisle, B.S., M.S., Graduate Research Assistant
Munkyong Pae, B.S., M.S., Graduate Research Assistant
Wei Ren, M.A., Medical Nutrition Sciences, Research Assistant
Stephanie Marco, M.A., N.H. Cert., Administrative Coordinator
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