Research and Pilot Projects

The COBRE in Nutrition and Women’s Health research will be broad, the entire lifespan, all health outcomes and nutritional issues.

Research projects

• Characterizing risk factors and health outcomes of normal weight obesity in young women living in rural Idaho — Ann Brown, Ph.D. (EHHS)
• Impact of vitamin D supplements on mental health and milk composition in mothers of term infants living in Idaho — Yimin Chen, Ph.D. (CALS)
• Use of intersectional research approach to understand factors associated with type 2 diabetes in Hispanic women living in Idaho — Ginny Lane, Ph.D. (CALS)

Pilot projects

• The relationship between habitual dietary creatine intake, cognitive function and depression in adolescent girls — Christopher Brush, Ph.D. (EHHS)
• Human milk as a biological system: the effect of maternal dietary and supplemental mineral intake on human milk mineral concentration — Adrianne Griebel-Thompson, Ph.D. (CALS)
• Thriving or surviving: the impact of academic leadership on women’s dietary behavior, physical and mental health — Aleksandra Hollingshead, Ph.D. & Brooke Blevins, Ph.D. (EHHS)

CALS — College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
EHHS — College of Education, Health and Human Sciences