Graduate Students

Amy Nichols, PhD, MS, RD ’22
Dissertation Title: Novel Approaches to Examine Weight Trajectories in High-Risk Pregnancies: Maternal Obesity and Twin Gestations
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University School of Public Health, Department of Nutrition

Rachel Rickman, PhD, MS, RD ’23
Dissertation Title: Examining Body Composition and Growth Patterns of High-Risk Infants
Current Position: Metabolic Dietitian, Dell Children’s Medical Center, Genetics and Metabolism Clinic
Staff and Volunteers

Gracia Dala, RD

Tamara Garza

Juan Pablo Robayo, MPH

Anita Mahmood, MD

Heather Jones, RD

Michelle Contreras
Undergraduate Researchers

Yash Motwani, BS Public Health 2019

Caroline Riley, BS Nutrition 2020

Julia Smith, BS Honors Nutrition 2021

Helen Nguyen, BS Nutrition 2021

Gabriella Colon, BS Nutrition 2022

Jean Nie, BS Nutrition 2023

Victoria Villegas, BS Nutrition 2024

Jessica Dziuba, BS Honors Nutrition 2019

Inaara Aly, BSA Nutrition 2020

Sophie Lee, BS Honors Nutrition

Lauren DeMasie, BS Honors Nutrition ’22

Damini Patel, BS Honors Nutrition 2023

Marcela Salinas Domene, BS 2023

Kushi Kura

Mariam Eid, BS Nutrition 2020

Rebecca Choi, BSA Nutrition 2021

Emily Merriman, BS Nutrition 2021

Jose Castellanos, BS Nutrition 2022

Mariana Lozano, BS Nutrition 2023

Gabriella Toral-Garcia, BS Nutrition 2023

Maria Ortega Herranz

Ryan Kwong, BS Nutrition 2020

Samantha Bovino, BS Nutrition 2021

Minji Hong, BS Nutrition 2021

Solina Chem, BS Nutrition 2022

Haley Etzler, BS Honors Nutrition 2023

Poorna Menno, BS Biology 2024