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In a study published on October 10 in Nature Communications, Dr. Charles Brenner, Roy J. Carver Chair of Biochemistry, Professor of Internal Medicine and Co-founding Director of the Obesity Research and Education Initiative at the University of Iowa, shows nicotinamide riboside (NR) increases levels of a cell metabolite that is critical for cellular energy production and protection against stress and DNA damage in humans.
Dr. Kamal Rahmouni, Associate Professor in the Departments of Pharmacology and Internal Medicine in the Carver College of Medicine, and member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center and the Obesity Research and Education Initiative at the University of Iowa, has been awarded the 2016 Paul Korner Award by the International Society of Hypertension (ISH).
Dr. Justin Grobe, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology in the Carver College of Medicine, and member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center and the Obesity Research and Education Initiative at the University of Iowa, has been awarded the American Heart...
Iowa now has the 12th highest adult obesity rate in the nation, according to The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America released September 2016.
Dr. Vitor Lira, Assistant Professor in Health and Human Physiology and member of the Obesity Research and Education Initiative and Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center at the University of Iowa, has received an American Heart Association (AHA) Scientist Development Grant.
Dr. Kathleen Janz, Professor in the Department of Health and Human Physiology, has been elected to a two-year appointment on the National Academy of Kinesiology executive committee. Janz will work with five other executive committee members to oversee the professional business of the academy. Read...
Dr. Kathleen Janz, Professor in the Department of Health and Human Physiology, has been appointed to the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee.
Dr. David Frisvold, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the Tippie College of Business and a member of the Obesity Research and Educational Initiative (OREI), was recently awarded a new NIH $1.3 million R01 entitled “Understanding the Effect of Calorie Menu Labels on Obesity:...