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HOP Student to Present at AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting

Martin Wegman, an NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awardee and M.D.-Ph.D. student at the University of Florida, will present an abstract at the 2016 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Boston on June 26-28. The AcademyHealth meeting is the leading forum for professionals in the field…

HOP Faculty Featured in Three News Segments

In December, Michelle Cardel, Ph.D., R.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, was featured on three separate occasions on the TV news station, Fox 35 News Orlando. In these segments, she discusses how to get kids to eat their veggies, what holiday…

HOP Faculty Member’s Article Reaches Readership of 16 Million People

An article published in The Journal of Nutrition featured results from a research team led by Michelle Cardel, Ph.D., R.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, was picked up in August by Medical News Today, which has an average of 16 million page…

HOP Faculty Member Featured in Healthday as Nutritional Expert

In an article by Healthday, Michelle Cardel, Ph.D., R.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, provided expert commentary on recent findings about dieters replacing saturated fat with high-quality carbohydrates and polyunsaturated fats. Cardel was consulted to contribute to the article, “Dieters: Don’t Replace Saturated…