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Lisa Tussing-Humphreys

Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Nutrition

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Email

ltussing@uic.edu

Office Phone

312-355-5521

Office

, 525 AHSB

Mail Code

517

Office Hours

By appointment

About

The Tussing-Humphreys lab applies epidemiological, clinical, social, behavioral, and molecular tools and assessments to understand complex diet-disease relationships. Studies include understanding the effect of maternal obesity on maternal and neonatal iron metabolism as well as studies examining interactions between diet, body weight, and colorectal cancer risk and the biological, microbial, and socio-environmental mechanisms underlying these relationships.

Selected Grants

NIH/NCI, Diet Modulation of Bacterial Sulfur and Bile Metabolism and Colon Cancer Risk, MPI

NIH/NIMHD, The Influence of Structural Violence and Individual Behavior and Health on the Gut Microbiome and Colorectal Cancer Risk, MPI

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Selected Publications

“Effects of taurocholic acid metabolism by gut bacteria: A controlled feeding trial in adult African American subjects at elevated risk for colorectal cancer”, Effects of taurocholic acid metabolism by gut bacteria: A controlled feeding trial in adult African American subjects at elevated risk for colorectal cancer

“Prepregnancy Obesity Is Not Associated with Iron Utilization during the Third Trimester”, Prepregnancy Obesity Is Not Associated with Iron Utilization during the Third Trimester

“A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Probiotic Species on Iron Absorption and Iron Status”, A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Probiotic Species on Iron Absorption and Iron Status

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Service to the Community

Ambassador, American Cancer Society of Illinois

Leadership in the Profession

University of Illinois Cancer Center, Co-leader, Cancer Prevention and Control

Education

B.S., Clinical Dietetics, SUNY-College at Buffalo, 2000
M.S., Nutritional Sciences, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002
Ph.D., Human Nutrition, The University of Illinois at Chicago, 2009