Department of Nutrition Student Projects
Dissertation/Thesis from 2025
Undergraduate Project: Utilization of Zinc as a Supplemental Treatment to Prostate Cancer, Cony CS Chow, Vishal Ahuja, and Luis Mangiafico
Undergraduate Project: The impact of the Mediterranean Diet and low-glycemic diet on fertility in women of childbearing age with PCOS, Samantha Cicardo, Kayla Le, and Carly Traynor
Undergraduate Project: The Impact of Energy Intake and Macronutrient Distribution on Recovery Rates in Young Women with Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea, Hadley Day, Rebecca Lyons, and Taylor Vas
Capstone: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) Mediated Pathways in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Its Implications on Magnesium and Zinc Mineral Deficiencies: A Scoping Review, Marianne Koleng and LeAnn Nguyen
Capstone: Nourishing the Distance: Evidence Based Nutrition Strategies for Long-Distance Runners Training for Half and Full Marathons, Raize Marquis and Maria Delia Amador Garcia
Undergraduate Project: Education About EDs: How Can Colleges Reduce the Risk and Prevalence of Eating Disorders in NCAA Female Athletes?, Meghan J. McNabb and Alexandra Jakubiak
Undergraduate Project: The Impact of Diet on Preeclampsia: An Observational Study of Nutritional Influence, Trinity G. Moye and Alyssa Cunningham
Undergraduate Project: Impact of Targeted Oral Health Education Intervention on Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Salena Patra, Noor Hachem, Diya Sodha, and Imani Allen
Capstone: A Literature-Informed Nutrition Patient Communication Toolkit for Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, Kieren Ritter
Undergraduate Project: The Impact of an Iron-Rich Diet on Fatigue in Menstruating Women with Non-Anemic Iron Deficiency, Meagan Seraydar, Lauren Latimer, and Sam Miragliatto
Undergraduate Project: The Impact of Aspartame on Mood Regulation: Examining Neurophysiological Effects in Individuals with Anxiety, Kyra Triepke, Valentina Guzman Cortes, and Mateus Ismael Ribeiro
Capstone: Personalized nutrition program for microbiome restoration: a functional approach to gut health, digestive function, and weight management, Maria Camila Trujillo
Undergraduate Project: The Impact of Paternal Obesity on Placental Development and Function During Pregnancy, Delaney G. Wolfe and Delaney G. Wiolfe
Dissertation/Thesis from 2024
Capstone: Nutrition Manual for NSU Athletics Coaches, Nicole Branum
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
Capstone: Nutrition Recommendations for Patients on Weight Loss Drugs, Crystal M. Duque RDN-LDN and Toye Jackman
Undergraduate Project: Proposal: Antioxidants’ Impact on Preventing Oxidative Stress-Related Conditions in Oral Health, Sophia Franco, Beanna Cumella, Emily Lopez-Martin, and Julia Birman
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
Undergraduate Project: Research Proposal: The Effects of Creatine Supplementation on High School Athletes, Rebecca Kerr and Lacaya Evans
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: Turmeric Supplementation and Inflammation Reduction in Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Alyssa Lietz, Jennifer Haynes, and Hunter Taylor
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
Final Project: The Flourishing Gut Cookbook, Mackenzie C. Stanley and Brittany Lopez-Itingen
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