Directory
Department Leadership
Scott Going, PhD
Department Head, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Co-Director, The Collaboratory for Metabolic Disease, Prevention and Treatment
Director, CPAN
Faculty
Katelyn Barker, MS, RDN, CSO, CSOWM
Lecturer, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Sarah Lavelle, MS
Lecturer, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Floyd "Ski" Chilton, PhD
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Associate Director, The BIO5 Institute
Director, The Precision Wellness Initiative
Vanessa da Silva, PhD, RD
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Assistant Specialist
Amy Drescher, PhD, RDN
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Scott Going, PhD
Department Head, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Co-Director, The Collaboratory for Metabolic Disease, Prevention and Treatment
Director, CPAN
Melanie Hingle, PhD, MPH, RD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Kelly Jackson, MS, RD
Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Kirsten Limesand, PhD
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Assistant Dean for Graduate Education, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Mary Marian, DCN, RDN, CSO, FAND
Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Director, Didactic Program in Dietetics
Jessica Martinez, PhD
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Scottie Misner, PhD, RD
Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Veronica (Ronnie) Mullins, MS, RD, CSCS
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Rani Olson, MS
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Coordinator of Nutrition and Food Systems Program
Tedley Pihl, MS, CFS
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Advisor, Food Science Club
Maria Plant, DCN, RD
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Assistant Director, Didactic Program in Dietetics
Jennifer Ravia, MS
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Bart Cardon Teaching Fellow
Jennifer Ricketts, PhD, RD
Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Bart Cardon Teaching Fellow
Donato Romagnolo, MSc, PhD
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Program Director, Mediterranean Diet and Health Study Abroad Program
Professor, Arizona Cancer Center
John Paul SanGiovanni, Sc.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Natalia Santos, MPH
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Ornella Selmin, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Research Associate Professor, The Arizona Cancer Center
Richard Simpson, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Chair, Graduate Research Degrees in Nutritional Sciences
Associate Professor, Steele Children's Research Center, Dept. of Pediatrics, College of Medicine
Ann Skulas-Ray, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Ashley J Snider, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Patricia Sparks, PhD
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Jennifer Teske, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Carmen Young, MFN, RD
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Ningning Zhao, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Christine Carlson, MS, RD
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Kim Krumhar, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Monica Laudermilk, PhD
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Senior Director, Research at EXOS
Dra. Luz Vasquez Moreno
Adjunct Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Professor, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C.
David Hartshorne, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Linda Houtkooper, PhD, RDN, FACSM
Professor Emerita, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Cooperative Extension Specialist
Wanda Howell, PhD, RD
Professor Emerita, Department of Nutritional Sciences
University Distinguished Professor
Bart Cardon Teaching Fellow
Ann Mellor-Tinsley, PhD
Professor Emerita
Charles Weber, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Mari Wilhelm, PhD
Associate Professor Emerita, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Joy Winzerling, PhD, RD
Professor Emerita, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Associate Dean, Bart Cardon Career and Academic Services
Nancy Driscoll, MS, RD
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Graduate Programs Coordinator, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Ashlee Linares-Gaffer, MS, RDN, FAND
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Kayle Skorupski, MS, RDN-AP, CSG, CNSC
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Advisors
Michelle Mendoza, MA, RDN
Director of Student Nutrition Advising Center (SNAC), Main Campus
Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Main Campus
Sabrina Benedict-Monteverde
Director of Student Nutrition Advising Center (SNAC), AZ Online
Undergraduate Academic Advisor, AZ Online
Desireé Esquivel, MPH, MA
Undergraduate Academic Advisor, AZ Online
Jessica Zepeda, RDN
Undergraduate Academic Advisor, AZ Online
Nancy Driscoll, MS, RD
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Graduate Programs Coordinator, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Kayle Skorupski, MS, RDN-AP, CSG, CNSC
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Researchers
Jennifer Bea, PhD
Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Assistant Professor, Medicine (Research Scholar Track)
Justin Snider, PhD
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Floyd "Ski" Chilton, PhD
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Associate Director, The BIO5 Institute
Director, The Precision Wellness Initiative
Scott Going, PhD
Department Head, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Co-Director, The Collaboratory for Metabolic Disease, Prevention and Treatment
Director, CPAN
Melanie Hingle, PhD, MPH, RD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Kirsten Limesand, PhD
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Assistant Dean for Graduate Education, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Jessica Martinez, PhD
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Scottie Misner, PhD, RD
Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Donato Romagnolo, MSc, PhD
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Program Director, Mediterranean Diet and Health Study Abroad Program
Professor, Arizona Cancer Center
John Paul SanGiovanni, Sc.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Ornella Selmin, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Research Associate Professor, The Arizona Cancer Center
Richard Simpson, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Chair, Graduate Research Degrees in Nutritional Sciences
Associate Professor, Steele Children's Research Center, Dept. of Pediatrics, College of Medicine
Ann Skulas-Ray, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Jennifer Teske, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Ningning Zhao, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Joint Appointees
David O Garcia PhD, FACSM
Assistant Professor - Health Promotion Sciences Department
Charles Gerba, PhD
Professor, Soil, Water & Environmental Sciences
Michael A. Grandner, PhD, MTR, CBSM
Director, Sleep and Health Research Program
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Iman Hakim, PhD
Dean, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Professor, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
Professor and Program Director, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department, College of Public Health
John Konhilas, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology
Christina Laukaitis, MD, PhD, FACP
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Janko Nikolich-Zugich, MD, PhD
Professor, Immunobiology
Department Head, Immunobiology
Co-Director, Arizona Center on Aging
Benjamin Renquist, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Douglas Taren, PhD
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Cynthia Thomson, PhD, RD, CSO
Professor, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Director, Canyon Ranch Center for Prevention & Health Promotion
Extension & Outreach
Scott Going, PhD
Department Head, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Co-Director, The Collaboratory for Metabolic Disease, Prevention and Treatment
Director, CPAN
Melanie Hingle, PhD, MPH, RD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Scottie Misner, PhD, RD
Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Veronica (Ronnie) Mullins, MS, RD, CSCS
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Department Staff
Laurel Jacobs, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Heather Ottenbacher, MS, RD, CSP
Program Coordinator, Senior / UA Nutrition Network
Kaydi Williams, RDN
ISPP Dietetic Internship Coordinator
Michelle Mendoza, MA, RDN
Director of Student Nutrition Advising Center (SNAC), Main Campus
Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Main Campus
Sabrina Benedict-Monteverde
Director of Student Nutrition Advising Center (SNAC), AZ Online
Undergraduate Academic Advisor, AZ Online
Desireé Esquivel, MPH, MA
Undergraduate Academic Advisor, AZ Online
Jessica Zepeda, RDN
Undergraduate Academic Advisor, AZ Online
Graduate Students
Department Faculty
Floyd "Ski" Chilton, PhD
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Associate Director, The BIO5 Institute
Director, The Precision Wellness Initiative
Vanessa da Silva, PhD, RD
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Assistant Specialist
Amy Drescher, PhD, RDN
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Scott Going, PhD
Department Head, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Co-Director, The Collaboratory for Metabolic Disease, Prevention and Treatment
Director, CPAN
Melanie Hingle, PhD, MPH, RD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Kelly Jackson, MS, RD
Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Kirsten Limesand, PhD
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Assistant Dean for Graduate Education, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Mary Marian, DCN, RDN, CSO, FAND
Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Director, Didactic Program in Dietetics
Jessica Martinez, PhD
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Scottie Misner, PhD, RD
Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Veronica (Ronnie) Mullins, MS, RD, CSCS
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Rani Olson, MS
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Coordinator of Nutrition and Food Systems Program
Tedley Pihl, MS, CFS
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Advisor, Food Science Club
Maria Plant, DCN, RD
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Assistant Director, Didactic Program in Dietetics
Jennifer Ravia, MS
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Bart Cardon Teaching Fellow
Jennifer Ricketts, PhD, RD
Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Bart Cardon Teaching Fellow
Donato Romagnolo, MSc, PhD
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Program Director, Mediterranean Diet and Health Study Abroad Program
Professor, Arizona Cancer Center
John Paul SanGiovanni, Sc.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Natalia Santos, MPH
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Ornella Selmin, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Research Associate Professor, The Arizona Cancer Center
Richard Simpson, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Chair, Graduate Research Degrees in Nutritional Sciences
Associate Professor, Steele Children's Research Center, Dept. of Pediatrics, College of Medicine
Ann Skulas-Ray, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Ashley J Snider, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Patricia Sparks, PhD
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Jennifer Teske, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Carmen Young, MFN, RD
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Ningning Zhao, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Nancy Driscoll, MS, RD
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Graduate Programs Coordinator, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Ashlee Linares-Gaffer, MS, RDN, FAND
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Kayle Skorupski, MS, RDN-AP, CSG, CNSC
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Adjunct Faculty
Christine Carlson, MS, RD
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Martina Cartwright, PhD, RD
Director, Continuing Professional Education, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Kim Krumhar, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Monica Laudermilk, PhD
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Senior Director, Research at EXOS
Dra. Luz Vasquez Moreno
Adjunct Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Professor, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C.
Emeritus Faculty
David Hartshorne, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Kay (Nobuko) Hongu, PhD, MEd, RD, FACSM
Professor Emerita, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Cooperative Extension Specialist
Linda Houtkooper, PhD, RDN, FACSM
Professor Emerita, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Cooperative Extension Specialist
Wanda Howell, PhD, RD
Professor Emerita, Department of Nutritional Sciences
University Distinguished Professor
Bart Cardon Teaching Fellow
Ann Mellor-Tinsley, PhD
Professor Emerita
Charles Weber, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Mari Wilhelm, PhD
Associate Professor Emerita, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Joy Winzerling, PhD, RD
Professor Emerita, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Associate Dean, Bart Cardon Career and Academic Services
Undergraduate Advisors
Michelle Mendoza, MA, RDN
Director of Student Nutrition Advising Center (SNAC), Main Campus
Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Main Campus
Sabrina Benedict-Monteverde
Director of Student Nutrition Advising Center (SNAC), AZ Online
Undergraduate Academic Advisor, AZ Online
Desireé Esquivel, MPH, MA
Undergraduate Academic Advisor, AZ Online
Jessica Zepeda, RDN
Undergraduate Academic Advisor, AZ Online
Graduate Advisors
Nancy Driscoll, MS, RD
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Graduate Programs Coordinator, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Ashlee Linares-Gaffer, MS, RDN, FAND
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Kayle Skorupski, MS, RDN-AP, CSG, CNSC
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Nutritional Sciences