Editorial Office
Joint Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Peter Howe
Director, Clinical Nutrition Research Centre, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
Tel. +618 8302 1200; Fax: +618 8302 2178
Website: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/research-centre/cnrc/
E-Mail: peter.howe@newcastle.edu.au
Interests: role of diet and exercise in health optimisation - impact on cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors and elucidation of underlying mechanisms; development of an integrated approach (diet, lifestyle and drugs) to risk management; food sources and intake recommendations for omega-3 and other bioactive nutrients
Joint Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Jonathan Buckley
Nutritional Physiology Research Centre, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 5001
Tel. +618 8302 1853; Fax: +618 8302 2178
Website: http://www.unisa.edu.au/Research/Sansom-Institute-for-Health-Research/Research-at-the-Sansom/Research-Concentrations/Nutritional-Physiology/
E-Mail: jon.buckley@unisa.edu.au
Interests: nutrition and exercise effects on cardiometabolic health; mental health; athletic performance and recovery
Assistant Editor
Ms. Xiaocen Zhang
MDPI Haidian Office, Yingu Mansion, Suite 815, North 4th Ring Road West, 9, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, China
Tel. +86 10 6280 0830
E-Mail: xiaocen.zhang@mdpi.com
Production Editor
Dr. Martyn Rittman
MDPI AG, Klybeckstrasse 64, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland
E-Mail: rittman@mdpi.com
Editorial Board
Prof. Dr. John J.B. Anderson
Department of Nutrition, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of North Carolina, 2218 Mcgavran-Greenberg Hl, 135 Dauer Drive, Campus Box 7461, Chapel Hill 27599-7461, USA
Tel. +1 919 966 7211; Fax: +1 919 966 7216
Website: http://www.sph.unc.edu/?option=com_profiles&Itemid=6841&profileAction=ProfDetail&pid=704272666
Interests: nutrition and bone; nutrition and the metabolic syndrome; nutrition and renal function
Contribution:
Special Issue: Calcium Needs of Older Adults
Prof. Dr. Jeffrey B. Blumberg
Jean Mayer USDA, Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Tel. +1 617 556 3334; Fax: +1 617 556 3344
Website: http://hnrca.tufts.edu/people/scientists/a-j/jeffrey-b-blumberg-ph-d/
Interests: dietary antioxidants; chronic disease prevention
Contribution:
Special Issue: Dietary Antioxidants
In other journals:
Special Issue: Interactions between Dietary Flavonoids and Gut Microbiota: Functional Outcomes
Prof. Dr. Jennie Brand-Miller
School of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Tel. +61 2 9351 3759; Fax: +61 2 9351 6022
Website: http://sydney.edu.au/science/molecular_bioscience/people/profiles/jennieb.php
Interests: all aspects of carbohydrates, including diet and diabetes; the glycemic index and insulin resistance
Contribution:
Special Issue: Carbohydrates
Prof. Dr. David Cameron-Smith
Chair in Nutrition, Liggins Institute, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Tel. +64 9 923 1336; Fax: +64 9 373 8763
Website: http://www.liggins.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/david-cameron-smith
Interests: the interplay between nutrition, genes and signalling pathways, particularly those related to muscle adaptation and responses to physical activity
Contribution:
Special Issue: Nutrient: Gene Interactions
Prof. Dr. Francesco Capozzi
BioNMR Laboratory, Dept. Of Agro-Food Science and Technology, University of Bologna,Piazza Goidanich, 60, I-47521 Cesena (FC), Italy
Tel. +39 0547 338105; Fax: +39 0547 382348
Website: http://www.francescocapozzi.it/
Interests: Foodomics; NMR spectroscopy; metabonomics; food molecular profiles; food digestion; multivariate analysis of spectroscopic data
Contribution:
Special Issue: Foodomics 2009
Special Issue: Foodomics 2011
In other journals:
Special Issue: Foodomics 2013
Professor Carlo Catassi
Department of Pediatrics, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Tel. +39 071 596 23 64; Fax: +39 071 36281
Interests: celiac disease; gluten-related disorders; gluten sensitivity; pediatric gastroenterology; pediatric nutrition
Contribution:
Special Issue: Nutrition and Celiac Disease
Dr. Karen Charlton
School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Behavioural Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
Interests: nutritional epidemiology; chronic disease; nutrition, health and ageing; food and nutrition monitoring; food security; micronutrient status of populations; dietary methodology
Contribution:
Special Issue: Nutritional Epidemiology
Prof. Dr. Winston Craig
Department of Nutrition and Wellness, Marsh Hall 301C, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104-0210, USA
Tel. +1 269 471 3351
Website: http://www.andrews.edu/~wcraig/
Interests: herbal therapies; health-promoting phytochemicals; cardiovascular disease; vegetarian diet
Contribution:
Special Issue: Vegetarian Nutrition
Special Issue: Polyphenols and Human Health
Dr. Cindy D. Davis
Director of Grants and Extramural Activities, Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive Blvd., Room 3B01, MSC 7517, Bethesda, MD 20892-7517, USA
Tel. +301 435 2920; Fax: +301 4801845
Website: http://ods.od.nih.gov/About/Cindy_Davis.aspx/
Interests: diet and cancer prevention; selenium; vitamin D
Contribution:
Special Issue: Diet and Cancer Prevention
Special Issue: Dietary Selenium and Health
Prof. Dr. Frank R. Dunshea
Department of Agriculture and Food Systems, Melbourne School of Land and Environment, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
Tel. +6 138 344 7124; Fax: +6 141 233 2805
Website: http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/researcher/person28608.html
Interests: functional foods; anitoxidants; fatty acids; nutrigenomics; large animal models of human nutrition and obesity; selenium; swine; dairy and sheep
Prof. Dr. Michael Felix Fenech
CSIRO, Animal, Food and Health Sciences, PO Box 10041, Adelaide BC, SA, 5000, Australia
Tel. +618 8303 8880; Fax: +618 8303 8899
Website: http://www.csiro.au/Outcomes/Health-and-Wellbeing/Prevention/Genome-health-and-nutrigenomics-project.aspx
Interests: DNA damage and telomere integrity diagnostics; nutrition, nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics; genetic toxicology of environmental, life-style, malnutrition and psychological stress factors; the role of DNA damage and telomere malfunction in neurodegenerative diseases and cancer
Prof. Dr. Antonio Ferrante
Department of Immunology, SA Pathology, Womens and Children’s Hospital Campus, Children’s Research Centre, University of Adelaide, North Adelaide, South Australia 5006, Australia
Tel. +61 8 81617216; Fax: +61 8 81616046
Interests: cellular immunology, cytokines and inflammation; intracellular signalling and leukocyte function; immunomodulation by fatty acids, their metabolites and other bioactive nutrients
Contribution:
Special Issue: Nutritional Immunology
Dr. Vicki Flood
Institute of Obesity, Nutrition and Exercise, Sydney Medical School Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research K25 - Medical Foundation Building The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia
Tel. +61 2 9036 3005; Fax: +61 2 9351 6022
Website: http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/people/academics/profiles/V.Flood.php
Interests: nutritional epidemiology; chronic disease; nutrition, health and ageing; food and nutrition monitoring; food security; micronutrient status of populations; nutrition and eye disease; dietary methodology
Contribution:
Special Issue: Nutritional Epidemiology
Dr. Mark D. Haub
Human Metabolism Laboratory, Department of Human Nutrition, 127 Justin Hall, Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
Tel. +1 785 532 0170; Fax: +1 785 532 3132
Website: http://www.he.k-state.edu/directory/haub/
Interests: evaluating lifestyle (diet and exercise) factors to increase insulin sensitive using randomized clinical trials; Specific areas include: dietary fiber and resistant starch; protein amount and source and diet supplements
Contribution:
Special Issue: Dietary Fiber
Prof. Dr. Bengt Jeppsson
Skåne University Hospital, Inga Marie Nilssons gata 47, (Entrance 42) 3rd floor, SE-205 02 Malmö, Sweden
Tel. +46 40 33 37 60
Website: http://www.med.lu.se/english/epihealth/contact
Interests: gut inflammation; gut ecology; probiotics; nutrition and cancer
Contribution:
Special Issue: Probiotics and Nutrition
Prof. Dr. Mark S. Kuhlenschmidt
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, 2001 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana, IL 61802, USA
Tel. +1 217 333 9039; Fax: +1 217 244 7421
Website: http://vetmed.illinois.edu/faculty/path/kuhlensc.html
Interests: microbial adhesion; host-pathogen interactions; infectious disease; apicomplexan parasites; nutriceuticals; receptor therapy; complex carbohydrate biochemistry; neoglycoconjugates; lipids (LPUFA)
Contribution:
Special Issue: Nutriceuticals
Special Issue: Nutrition and Infectious Diseases
Dr. Heather J. Leidy
Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, 204 Gwynn Hall, Columbia, MO 6521, USA
Tel. +1 573 882 0654
Interests: hormonal control of appetite (with specific emphasis on ghrelin; PYY; GLP-1; CCK; leptin); diet and exercise interventions to prevent obesity; increased dietary protein; breakfast skipping; adolescents
Contribution:
Special Issue: Dietary Protein and Human Health
Dr. Marc Lemay
Nutrilite Health Institute, 5600 Beach Boulevard, Buena Park, CA 90621, USA
Interests: nutrients related to healthy longevity e.g. resveratrol; choline; carnitine; vitamin D; phytonutrients; treatment of subclinical vitamin and mineral deficiencies; ginkgo; essential fatty acids; botanical anti-inflammatory agents; nutrigenomics; metabolomics; microbiomics
Contribution:
Special Issue: Vitamin D
Prof. Dr. Roger McDonald
Department of Nutrition, University of California, One Shields Ave. Davis, CA 95616, USA
Tel. +1 530 219 5941; Fax: +1 530 752 2628
Website: http://nutrition.ucdavis.edu/faculty/mcdonald/index.cfm
Interests: role of nutrient metabolism on cellular aging; mitochondrial membrane control of energy metabolism during aging; mechanisms underlying increased life span induced by calorie restriction
Contribution:
Special Issue: Nutritional Influences on Age-Related Frailty
Prof. Dr. Kelly Meckling
Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Canada
Tel. +1 519 824 4120; Fax: +1 537 425 3728
Interests: vitamin D; omega-3 fatty acids; cancer; cell differentiation; breast cell maturation; polyphenolics; phytochemicals; chemotherapy; cell signalling
Contribution:
Special Issue: Polyphenolics
Prof. Dr. Barbara Meyer
School of Health Sciences, Metabolic Research Centre and Smart Foods Centre, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Tel. +61 2 4221 3459
Interests: role of nutrients (e.g. omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids) in health and disease including clinical intervention trials
Prof. Dr. Goran Molin
Department of Food Technology, Engineering and Nutrition, Lund University (LU), P.O. Box 123, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Tel. +46 46 2228327
Interests: bacterial taxonomy, food spoilage, food associated pathogens, lactic acid fermentation of foods. bacterial flora of the gastro-intestinal tract, how different components of the resident bacteria affect the human health,probiotic effects on the well-being, how probiotics and the bacterialflora can interact with dietary phenolics to enhance physiological effects
Contribution:
Special Issue: Probiotics and Nutrition
Prof. Dr. Trevor Mori
School of Medicine and Pharmacology Royal Perth Hospital Unit, The University of Western Australia (M570), 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia
Tel. +61 9224 0273; Fax: +61 9224 0246
Website: http://www.uwa.edu.au/people/trevor.mori
Interests: nutrition; hypertension; atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD)
Contribution:
Special Issue: Dietary Lipids: Sources, Function and Metabolism
Prof. Dr. Caryl Nowson
Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University 221, Burwood Highway, Burwood Victoria 3125, Australia
Tel. +61 3 9251 7272; Fax: +61 3 9244 6017
Website: http://www.deakin.edu.au/contact/staff-profile/?pid=84
Interests: dietary mineral and electrolytes; nutrition related to cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis; elderly nutrition
Contribution:
Special Issue: Dietary Salt and Human Health
Special Issue: Salt and Health: A Public Health Issue
Dr. Jonathan Peake
School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Tel. +61 7 313 80542
Interests: inflammatory responses to exercise-induced muscle damage; relationship between inflammation and oxidative stress; signal transduction pathways in skeletal muscle
Contribution:
Special Issue: Advances in Sports Nutrition
Dr. Kristina Pentieva
School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster at Coleraine, Northern Ireland, BT52 1SA, UK
Tel. +44 28 703 246 75; Fax: +44 28 703 249 65
Website: http://www.ulster.ac.uk/staff/k.pentieva.html
Interests: micronutrient requirements and recommendations for intake in humans; B-vitamin status; homocysteine and disease; food folate: bioavailability; food folate analysis; food fortification; functional foods; micronutrients and antioxidant status; micronutrients and toxicity
Contribution:
Special Issue: Feature Papers for Vitamins
Special Issue: Vitamin B12 and Human Health
Dr. Peter Pribis
College of Education, University of New Mexico, 156 Hokona Hall MSC05, 3040, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1251, USA
Tel. 505 277 5566; Fax: 505 277 6381
Interests: omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and cognition; vegetarian nutrition; lifestyles medicine; prevention and intervention of obesity; type-2 diabetes; heart disease
Dr. Samir Samman
School of Molecular Bioscience, G08-Biochemistry Building, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Website: http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/people/academics/profiles/ssamman.php
Interests: nutritional science; vitamins; minerals; zinc; biomarkers; chronic disease
Contribution:
Special Issue: Zinc in Health and Disease
In other journals:
Special Issue: The Close Relationship: Health and Nutrition
Prof. Dr. Andrew Scholey
Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University Victoria 3122, Melbourne, Australia
Tel. +61 392 148932; Fax: +61 392 145525
Website: http://www.scholeylab.com
Interests: neurocognitive and mood effects of nutrition and nutraceuticals; cognition enhancing and anti-stress effects of natural medicines; blood glucose and cognitive function; neurocognitive effects of recreational drug use; use of novel platforms (internet, PDAs, mobile phone) for assessing mood state and cognitive performance
Contribution:
Special Issue: Cognitive Benefits of Nutrients
Prof. Dr. Igor Sergeev
Health and Nutritional Sciences, Box 2203, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA
Tel. +1 605 688 5465
Interests: vitamin D; calcium; bioactive food components; nutrient regulation of apoptosis; vitamin D, calcium, and bioactives in the prevention of obesity and cancer; vitamin D and cell calcium
Prof. Dr. Karen Simmer
Centre for Neonatal Research and Education, School of Paediatrics and Child health, M550, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling highway, Perth, 6009, Australia
Tel. +9340 1262; Fax: +9340 1266
Website: http://www.paediatrics.uwa.edu.au/research/cnre
Interests: infant nutrition; preterm infants; human milk and lactation; longchain polyunsaturated fatty acids
Contribution:
Special Issue: Parenteral Nutrition
Dr. Sheila Skeaff
Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
Tel. +643 479 7944; Fax: +643 479 7958
Website: http://nutrition.otago.ac.nz/staff/skeaffs
Interests: monitoring the iodine status of at-risk groups such as children and pregnant women to determine if dietary intakes are meeting requirements
Contribution:
Special Issue: Iodine Supplementation
Prof. Dr. Won O. Song
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition Director, Food and Nutrient Database Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Tel. +1 517 355 8474 (Ext 109)
Website: http://fshn.msu.edu/directory/facultySong.html
Interests: food consumption behaviors in relation to chronic diseases; dietary patterns and health risks at the national and international settings; biomarkers and predictors for nutritional status in large populations with emphasis on the subgroups at risk; national nutrition surveys and its application in research; nutrition education – theories and application of technology
Dr. Simon Spedding
Nutritional Physiology Research Centre, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 5001
Tel. +618 8302 1853; Fax: +618 8302 2178
Website: http://www.unisa.edu.au/Research/Sansom-Institute-for-Health-Research/Research-at-the-Sansom/Research-Concentrations/Nutritional-Physiology/
Interests: clinical medicine focusing on nutrition exercise and sport; applied epidemiology; medico-legal; complementary medicine focusing on vitamin D
Contribution:
Special Issue: Vitamin D and Human Health
Prof. Dr. Sean Strain
Northern Ireland Centre for Diet and Health, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine, BT52 1SA, UK
Tel. +4428 70324795; Fax: +4428 70323023
Website: http://www.ulster.ac.uk/staff/jj.strain.html
Interests: maternal fish consumption; foetal nutrition; B vitamins and homocysteine metabolism
Dr. James H. Swain
Case Western Reserve University, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Avenue, SOM WG-48, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Tel. +1 216 368 8554; Fax: +1 216 368 6644
Website: http://www.case.edu/med/nutrition/fac/primary/swain.html
Interests: the role of dietary iron and iron status on intestinal tumorigenesis; using immunohistochemistry; proteomics and gene expression analysis; iron bioavailability and food fortification using different forms of dietary iron
Contribution:
Special Issue: Dietary Iron
Prof. Dr. Tsunenobu Tamura
Professor Emeritus, Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 455 Webb Nutrition Sciences Building, 1675 University Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
Tel. +1 205 934 7478; Fax: +1 205 996 5775
Website: http://www.uab.edu/shp/nutrition/about/faculty-and-staff/emeritus-faculty/6-tsuenenobu-tamura
Interests: folate metabolism; trace element nutrition; inborn errors of metabolism
Contribution:
Special Issue: Folate Metabolism and Nutrition
Prof. Dr. Gloria Lena Vega
Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9052, USA
Tel. +1 214 648 2869; Fax: +1 214 648 4839
Website: http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/labs/vega/
Interests: lipid and lipoprotein metabolism in atherosclerosis; diabetes mellitus; obesity
Contribution:
Special Issue: Dyslipidemia and Obesity
Dr. Silke Vogel
Office of Clinical Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, 8 College Road, Singapore 169857, Singapore
Tel. +65 66012496
Interests: vitamin A; retinoids; adipose tissue; adipogenesis; adipocyte differentiation; cellular retinoid binding proteins; lactation; vitamin A metabolism; obesity; insulin resistance; fatty acids
Contribution:
Special Issue: Docosahexaenoic Acid and Human Health
Prof. Dr. Susan J. Whiting
College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon SK, S7N 5C9 Canada
Tel. +1 306 9665837
Website: http://www.usask.ca/pharmacy-nutrition/the-college/faculty-staff_contacts/nutrition_and_dietetics/whiting_susan.php
Interests: nutrient requirements for bone health; dietary assessment and population health
Contribution:
Special Issue: Dietary Calcium
Dr. Lynda M. Williams
Metabolic Health Group, Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Greenburn Road, Aberdeen AB21 9SB, UK
Tel. +44 1224 438682
Website: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/rowett/research-pages/obesity-and-metabolic-health/dr-lynda-williams/
Interests: inflammation and obesity; role of dietary anti-inflammatories in improving metabolic health
Contribution:
Special Issue: Obesity, Nutrition and Dietetics
Special Issue: Eating Disorder and Obesity
Prof. Dr. Maija H. Zile
208 G.M.Trout Bldg, Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Tel. +1 517 355 8474 ext. 127
Website: http://www.msu.edu/~zile/index.htm
Interests: function and metabolism of vitamin A / retinoic acid at cellular and molecular levels; function during embryonic development, particularly cardiovascular development; vitamin A and enviornmental pollutants; vitamins and cancer
Contribution:
Special Issue: Vitamin A Update
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