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)
Fatma Huffman, PhD, RDN
Collaborator
Professor, Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
Robert Stempel School of Public Health, 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
Thresia Gambon, MD
Study Pediatrician
Pediatrician, Citrus Health Network
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
Rodolfo Galván
Research Radiologist
DXA scan Laboratory
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
Stempel School of Public Health,
Florida International University (FIU)
Jacqueline Hernandez, PhD, RDN, LDN
Research Scientist and Director of Recruitment
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
Stempel School of Public Health,
Florida International University (FIU)
Alison Macchi, PhD, RDN, LDN
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
Stempel School of Public Health,
Florida International University (FIU)
Daniela Ramírez-Roggio, BS
Graduate Research Assistant
Graduate Student (M.S. Candidate)
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University (FIU)
Yivanni Caballero, BS
Graduate Research Assistant
Graduate Student (M.S. Candidate)
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University (FIU)
Samantha Levy, BS
Graduate Research Assistant
Graduate Student (M.S. Candidate)
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University (FIU)
Venus Dinou
Undergraduate Intern
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University (FIU)
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