Meet Our FIU Nutrition Research Team
Cristina Palacios MS, PhD
Primary Investigator
Associate Professor, Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University (FIU)
Marian Trak MPH, PhD
Study Coordinator
Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University (FIU)
Jacqueline Hernandez, PhD, RDN, LDN
Assistant Professor and Director of Recruitment for the MetA-Bone Trial
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
Stempel School of Public Health,
Florida International University (FIU)
Rodolfo Galván
Research Radiologist
DXA scan Laboratory
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
Stempel School of Public Health,
Florida International University (FIU)
Preciosa Martinez Motta, PhD, RDN, LDN
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
Stempel School of Public Health,
Florida International University (FIU)
Zoran Bursac, PhD
Statistician
Professor and Chair, Department of Biostatistics
Stempel School of Public Health, FIU
Yolangel Hernandez, MD
Supervising Physician
Associate Dean for Clinical and Community Affairs,
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and VP Population Health and Well Being, FIU
Connie Weaver, PhD
Consultant
Professor, Department of Nutrition Science
Director, Women’s Global Health Institute
Deputy Director, Indiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Cindy Nakatsu, PhD
Consultant
Professor, Purdue University
Department of Agronomy
