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Undergraduate research interns Adaeze Ezeagwula, Jewel Esparza, Melanie Hercules (left to right) measuring dietary intake of study participants at Cuarto Dining Commons

FFHI Researchers Team with UC Davis Dining Commons to Conduct Nutrition Study

Written by Melissa Vilas

In fall 2018, researchers at the Food for Health Institute conducted a ‘Nutrition Tracking Study’ to explore how new technologies can be used to measure dietary intake and nutrition. The project team included Sara Schaefer, PhD (Principal Investigator), Sarah Dimitratos, RD (Registered Dietitian & PhD Student) and 25 research interns majoring in Clinical Nutrition, Nutrition Science and Food Science & Technology.

Cow's Milk Found to Contain Beneficial Prebiotics for the Infant Microbiome

FFHI scientists have found that mother's milk is not only nourishing to infants, but also protects them against pathogens and other invaders. This is because complex sugars found in breastmilk feed specific protective microbes that inhabit the infant gut. Now, this team has shown these same sugars can also be obtained from cow's milk.

Complex Milk Sugars Offer Therapeutic Potential to Treat Childhood Malnutrition

FFHI researchers are part of an important paper in Cell, which offers novel approaches to address childhood malnutrition through nourishing gut microbes with milk compounds.

Henrick First Author on HIV Cell Activation Mechanism Paper

Bethany Henrick, Associate Director of Scientific Programs at the Foods for Health Institute co-authors in Frontiers in Immunology.

UC Davis Faculty Predictions for 2016 on Food and Nutrition

Bruce German, Director of the Foods for Health Institute, was among several faculty asked to predict the future of their particular fields of research and expertise in the new year.

Infant Health Improved with Fat-based Prenatal Supplement

UC Davis News reports on findings that fortified, lipid- or fat-based nutritional supplements provided during pregnancy to women in Bangladesh reduced stunting, abnormally low weight and small head size in babies born to these women, reports a team of University of California, Davis, researchers who led the international project.

Food, Agriculture, and Health "Hackathon" at Davis

UC Davis News highlights the Food, Ag & Health Solution Summit, organized by the World Food Center and Innovation Institute for Food and Health.

UC Davis Partners with University College Dublin

Bruce German, Director of the Foods for Health Institute, explains the collaborative and shared vision of Davis and Dublin as leaders in food and health research.

Daphne Miller Unites Soil Microbes, Nutritious Food, and Human Health

2015 is the International Year of Soils and for the commemoration of World Food Day, the Sacramento Farm to Fork Speaker Series brought an author and medical doctor whose work unites these themes.

Steven Frese Takes Position with Evolve Biosystems

Steven Frese, a former postdoctoral researcher in the lab of David Mills, begins a new position in Research and Development with Evolve Biosystems in Davis, CA.

Bethany Henrick Joins FFHI as Associate Director of Scientific Programs

The UC Davis Foods for Health Institute (FFHI) welcomes Bethany Henrick, Ph.D. as Associate Director of Scientific Programs.

Dave Dallas Heads for Future Success at Oregon State University

David Dallas leaves the Foods for Health Institute to accept a position as Assistant Professor in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences at Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR.

Nutrition and the Developing Mind Conference, Oct. 15-16

The UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain presents its summit series, featuring Foods for Health Institute researchers.

Breast Milk Research Featured in 'UC Davis Today'

A July feature on the UC Davis homepage highlighted the work of Foods for Health Institute researchers on how breast milk reveals 'clues' for human health.

David Mills and Yu-Jui Yvonne Wan Awarded Large Grants for Work in Milk

Research on milk glycans is funded for a total of $6.9 million from the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and the National Cancer Institute.

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