Dr. Wanders received her B.S. in Nutrition and Food Science, her M.S. in Nutrition, and her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from Auburn University. Dr. Wanders completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Pennington Biomedical Research Center where she studied nutritional physiology under the direction of Dr. Tom Gettys. Dr. Wanders joined Georgia State University as an Assistant Professor in 2015. Dr. Wanders is now Interim Chair of the Department of Nutrition and an Associate Professor with tenure and runs an active research program that has received funding from NIH and USDA, among other sources. Dr. Wanders studies dietary and pharmacologic interventions for obesity and its comorbidities. Currently, Dr. Wanders is investigating the role of fibroblast growth factor 21 in mediating the effects of high-fat diet-induced obesity on cognition and neurometabolism. Through ongoing collaborations, Dr. Wanders also studies the metabolic and health benefits of berries and tocotrienols. Dr. Wanders has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles, many in the top journals of the field, and is a coauthor on over 60 abstracts that were presented at local, regional, and national scientific meetings. In addition to running an active research program, Dr. Wanders enjoys teaching courses related to nutritional physiology and metabolism and mentoring students.
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Dr. Wanders received her B.S. in Nutrition and Food Science, her M.S. in Nutrition, and her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from Auburn University. Dr. Wanders completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Pennington Biomedical Research Center where she studied nutritional physiology under the direction of Dr. Tom Gettys. Dr. Wanders joined Georgia State University as an Assistant Professor in 2015. Dr. Wanders is now Interim Chair of the Department of Nutrition and an Associate Professor with tenure and runs an active research program that has received funding from NIH and USDA, among other sources. Dr. Wanders studies dietary and pharmacologic interventions for obesity and its comorbidities. Currently, Dr. Wanders is investigating the role of fibroblast growth factor 21 in mediating the effects of high-fat diet-induced obesity on cognition and neurometabolism. Through ongoing collaborations, Dr. Wanders also studies the metabolic and health benefits of berries and tocotrienols. Dr. Wanders has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles, many in the top journals of the field, and is a coauthor on over 60 abstracts that were presented at local, regional, and national scientific meetings. In addition to running an active research program, Dr. Wanders enjoys teaching courses related to nutritional physiology and metabolism and mentoring students.
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