Food, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences

Aug. 24, 2022

Mary McDonald

Aug. 24, 2022

Pauline Landhuis
Jaume Padilla

June 21, 2022

Jaume Padilla Receives the 2023 EEP Impact Award

Jaume Padill is an associate professor of nutrition and exercise physiology.
Chloe Bilyk spotlight.

May 9, 2022

Senior Spotlight: Chloe Bilyk

Bilyk will graduate with a degree in food science and nutrition.
Quinn McDonald

May 9, 2022

Senior Spotlight: Quinn McDonald

McDonald will graduate with a degree in nutrition and exercise physiology.
The Mizzou National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) team won this year's National Student Marketing Competition. Their first-place presentation centered on the GerriRig Grain Management System, a product the team modeled after the Grain Weevil, a grain bin safety and management robot. MU competed against more than 20 teams in early April during NAMA’s annual Agri-Marketing Conference. Pictured, from left to right: Annette Kendall (advisor), Regan Ragsdale, Drew Kientzy, Zak Bush, Kate Thompson and Halley Blades. Photo courtesy of Mizzou NAMA.

April 25, 2022

Taking home top honors

Mizzou NAMA team wins National Student Marketing Competition.
Jackie Limberg smiling.

April 14, 2022

Jackie Limberg on the Board of Directors for the American Autonomic Society

Jackie Limberg, assistant professor in nutrition and exercise physiology, is on the board for the American Autonomic Society (AAS). Limberg is also the chair of the communications committee. AAS was established to bring together individuals from diverse disciplines who share an interest in the structure and function of the autonomic nervous system. The society sponsors annual meetings and provides a point of contact among the many interested clinical and basic scientists who wish to communicate across disciplinary lines.
Elizabeth Parks

April 14, 2022

Elizabeth Parks Named President of the Obesity Society

Elizabeth Parks, professor in nutrition and exercise physiology, was recently named president of the Obesity Society. The Obesity Society is a scientific membership organization dedicated to improving people’s lives by advancing scientific-based understanding of causes, consequences, prevention and treatment of obesity.
A 2018 graduate of the nutrition and exercise physiology degree program, Mubinah Khaleel is currently a third-year medical student at Lincoln Memorial University – DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, in Harrogate, Tenn. Khaleel has recently been in Memphis completing medical rotations. Photo courtesy of Mubinah Khaleel.

March 22, 2022

Building a career in medicine

Nutrition and exercise physiology degree incorporated all of Mubinah Khaleel's interest areas.

March 18, 2022

Two Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Students Win Poster Awards

Neil McMillian and Eric Lis were awarded poster awards at the Cardiovascular Research Day hosted by the Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center. McMillian was awarded the Graduate Student award for his poster titled Increased Muscle Sympathetic Nerve Activity Hyperinsulinemia: Role of Insulin-simulated Peripheral Vasodilation and the Response of the Arterial Baroreflex. Lis was awarded the undergraduate Student Award for his poster titled Peripheral Chemoreflex Sensitivity is Augmented in Human Type 2 Diabetes.      …