Graduate student
University of California, Davis
I am a Ph.D. candidate in Nutritional Biology at the University of California, Davis and my overarching research interest is the effects of bioactive compounds in food on clinical outcomes. With my background in Food Technology, I have been interested in functional foods and their properties on health functions. After switching gears to Nutrition, I have gained lab experience around human clinical trials, from designing the study to interpreting the data to understand more about the health effects of food and the possibility for real-life application. Apart from academia, I am also a registered dietitian nutritionist who aims to apply knowledge and innovation from research into clinical practices. The research I am featuring in this ASN 2023 meeting is 'The effect of Hokkaido red wines on vascular outcomes in healthy adult men: A pilot study,' which assessed the postprandial vascular function outcomes after a single intake of red wines produced in different vintage years. Growing environments such as sunlight and temperature influence the synthesis of polyphenolic compounds such as anthocyanins which are known to benefit health as the environmental conditions can vary from year to year, which affects the concentration and profiles of polyphenols. It is unknown if the variations of polyphenolic profiles would result in different health outcomes.