Department of Nutrition Student Projects
Dissertation/Thesis from 2024
Capstone: Education of the effects of obesity medications and a stepwise approach to mitigate prevalence and encourage lifestyle medicine for primary care physicians, Kiely M. Curran
Undergraduate Project: Effect of the Mediterranean Diet on Type 2 Diabetes in Teens/Young Adults, Megan Herrera, Taylor Folwark, Christine Marti-Milward, and Madison Benjamin
Capstone: Prescribing Flavor: Proposal for a Longitudinal Culinary Medicine Curriculum in a Family Medicine Residency Program, Mario F. Jacome Jr
Capstone: Nutritional Deuterium Depletion and Health: A Scoping Review, Nicole Korchinsky
Undergraduate Project: Proposal: How does the Total Sugar Intake Impact Cognitive Function in Children 10 Years of Age?, Andrew O. Laidlaw, Camila Arrieta, and Shoshana Yachnes
Undergraduate Project: Research Proposal: The Effects of Dietary Zinc on ADHD Signs and Symptoms in Teenage Females: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Sarai Logan, Andrea Villalba Torres, and Amanda Miller
Capstone: Five A Day, The Rainbow Way: A Nutrition Education Toolkit For Elementary School Aged Children, Sasha Menard
Final Project: Home-Based Virtual Culinary Nutrition Education Sessions for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients: Quantitative Experimental Pilot Study, Ciara N. Reistad and Mauricio Lobo
Undergraduate Project: “The Effects of Magnesium Supplementation for Adolescent Female Athletes with PMS or Dysmenorrhea: An Intervention, Reilly Richardson, Hannah Baumer, and Aquisha Powell
Dissertation/Thesis from 2023
Capstone: Nutrient Supplementation for Pre- and Post ACL Operation & Rehabilitation in Female Basketball Players, Mackenzie Steele and Joshua Munoz
Dissertation/Thesis from 2022
Final Project: Food Insecurity and Infant Feeding Methods Among Mothers with Infants in Children's Hospital, Sara Brobeck
Final Project: Evaluation of Nutrition Intervention in the Senior Population, Stephanie K. Fonseca
Capstone: Cross-sectional Analysis of the Relationship Between Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Mental Wellness, Gabrielle A. Jasmin
Final Project: A Targeted Nutrition Protocol for the Prevention and Treatment of Depression: A Systematic Review of the Evidence, Nicole Koci and Camilla A. Mirkin
Dissertation/Thesis from 2021
Capstone: Cardiovascular Health Risk of Collegiate Division 1 American-Style Football Athletes, Ashley Ring