Postdoctoral Trainee Mentoring 

Robert DiSilvestro, PhD     1982-1984  **
Professor — Nutrition
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Linda Steel-Goodwin, PhD     1982-1983  *
Toxicology Research — US Air Force
Wright-Patterson ARB
Dayton, OH

Scott E. Pattison, PhD     1982-1983  *
Professor and Chair Emeritus — Department of Chemistry
Ball State University
Muncie, IN

James E. Hoadley,  PhD     1983-1987  *
Food/Nutrition Research & Policy
Food & Drug Administration
Washington, DC

Daphne E. Coppen, PhD     1984-1986  *
Toxicology Research
Toxicol Laboratories Limited
Herefordshire, UK

Dennis T. Gordon, PhD     1986  *
Professor — Nutrition
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO

T. Lynn Blalock, PhD     1985-1987  *
Poultry Nutrition Research
USDA
West Chester, PA

In-Sook Kwun, PhD     1987  ***
Professor — Nutrition
Andong National University
Andong, South Korea

Michael A. Dunn, PhD     1985-1988  *
Professor — Nutrition
University of Hawaii
Manoa, HA

Arthur Grider, PhD     1986-1989  **
Associate Professor — Nutrition
University of Georgia
Athens, GA

James M. Hempe, PhD     1987-1991  *
Associate Professor Pediatrics — Diabetes Research
LSU School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA

Neil F. Shay, PhD     1992-1994  **
Professor — Nutrition
Oregon State University 
Corvallis, OR

Doh-Yeel Lee, PhD     1990-1991  *
Metabolic Research
Parke-Davis Pharmaceuticals 
Ann Arbor, MI

Joel M. Carlson, MD     1991-1992  ****
Private Gastroenterology Practice 
Wisconsin Rapids, WI

Yehezkel Naveh, MD     1992-1993  ***
Associate Professor Pediatrics
Rambam Medical Center
Haifa, Israel

Pearl Fernandez, PhD     1995-1998  *
Professor — Biology
University of South Carolina
Sumter, SC

Nora Hallquist, PhD     1996-1998  *
Immunology Research
USF School of Medicine
Tampa, FL

Robert J. McMahon, PhD     1997-1999  **
President, Nutrition & Food Science Consulting
Seven Hills Strategies, LLC
Cincinnati, OH

Raymond K. Blanchard, PhD     1995-2003  *
Associate Director, Genomics Global Licensing
Qiagen N.V.
Fredrick, MD

Jiayin Cao, PhD     2000-2002  *
Research Scientist
USDA Human Nutrition Lab
Grand Forks, ND

Li Cui,  MD, PhD     2001-2003  *
McKnight Brain Institute 
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Juan P. Liuzzi, PhD     2004-2009  *
Associate Professor — Nutrition
Florida International University
Miami, FL

Fudi Wang MD, PhD     2008-2009  *
Quishi Professor and Director School of Public Health
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China

Inga Wessels, PhD     2014-2016  ***  
Research Scientist — Immunology Research
RWTH Aachen University Hospital
Aachen, Germany

Catalina Troche, PhD     2014-2016  *
Senior Scientist
Curtiss Healthcare
Alachua, FL

Lucia Leite, PhD     2014-2015  ***
Professor — Nutrition Department
Federal University of Rio Grande/Norte
Natal, Brazil 

Tolunay B. Aydemir, PhD     2012-2018  *
Assistant Professor — Nutrition Div. Nutritional Sciences
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Felix R. Jimenez-Rondan, PhD     2018- current  *
Postdoctoral Research Associate — Cousins Lab 
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Doctoral Student Mentorship

Kirsten L. Huber, PhD, MD     1992
General Surgeon
Centra Health
Farmville, VA

Cathy W. Levenson, PhD     1993
Professor of Biomedical Sciences
FSU College of Medicine
Tallahassee, FL

Joseph J. Schroeder, PhD     1990
Metabolic Drug Discovery
Pfizer
Ann Arbor, MI

Christina Khoo, PhD     1995
Director of Global Health & Science
Ocean Spray
Lakeville, MA

Barbara M. Davis, PhD     1996
Head of Clinical Sciences
PLT Health Solutions
Morristown, NJ

Vicki K. Sullivan, PhD     1997
Owner
Body Balance Institute, LLC
Jacksonville, FL

Lorraine Lanningham-Foster, PhD     1999
Associate Professor of Nutrition
Iowa State University
Ames, IA

Steven R. Davis, PhD     2000
Nutrition Research
Ross Laboratories
Columbus, OH

J. Bernadette Moore, PhD     2002
Associate Professor of Obesity Research
University of Leeds
Leeds, UK

Louis A. Lichten, PhD     2009 
Genomics Diagnostics Leader
Cannon BioMedical Inc.
Arlington, VA

Liang Charles Guo, PhD     2009
Cardiovascular Research Leader
AstraZeneca
Gaithersburg, MD

Moon-Suhn Ryu, PhD     2011
Assistant Professor of Nutrition
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN

Tolunay B.Aydemir, PhD     2011
Assistant Professor of Nutrition
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Gregory J. Guthrie, PhD     2016
Research Faculty
USDA Children’s Nutrition Research Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Min-Hyun Kim, PhD     2017
Faculty
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ

Postdoctoral Support:

* National Institutes of Health Research Grants
** Individual National Research Service Award — NIH
*** International Government Support
**** UF COM Gastroenterology Training Grant

Doctoral Student Support:

Graduate Student Support was from NIH Research Grants, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Alumni Fellowships, IFAS Office of Dean for Research Graduate Fellowships, and George & Ruthanna Davis Enhancement Awards for Nutritional Sciences.