Guest(s)
Nancy R. Rodriguez, Ph.D., R.D., C.S.S.D., FACSM
Topic
Sports Nutrition,
Topic Info
Nancy R. Rodriguez, PhD, RD, CSSD, FACSM, Professor, Nutritional Sciences, comes on the show to discuss what you should drink after exercise for maximum energy replacement, sports nutrition, an interesting topic of medical nutrition therapy and macronutrients.
Guest Info
Nancy Rodriguez, a faculty member at the University of Connecticut, Storrs since 1991, is a Professor of Nutritional Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) with joint appointments in Departments of Kinesiology and Allied Health. She directs the Sports Nutrition programs at the University and for the Department of Sports Medicine in the Division of Athletics. Dr. Rodriguez served as Chair of University of Connecticut Institutional Review Board for the Use of Human Subjects (IRB) from 2004-2008.
Dr. Rodriguez has an active research program that has been extramurally funded by agencies including USDA, NIH, the American Heart Association, the National Dairy Council, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, and the Egg Nutrition Center. Her research focuses on relationships between exercise, protein intake, and protein utilization in athletes, physically active adults, and healthy obese and non-obese children. Her work has been published in the American Journal of Physiology, Metabolism, Journal of Nutrition, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, and the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. Dr. Rodriguez is currently on the editorial board for Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal, and the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, and the Journal of Nutrition.
Dr. Rodriguez currently teaches sports nutrition, medical nutrition therapy, and the protein component of the graduate course, Macronutrients. She also participates in the department faculty rotation for graduate seminar in nutrition.
Dr. Rodriguez received her B.S. in Human Nutrition and Foods at Virginia Tech. She earned her MS in nutrition and a PhD in biochemistry at West Virginia University. She spent two years at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN as an NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Endocrinology and Metabolism. Dr. Rodriguez is an active member of the American Society of Nutrition, the American Dietetic Association and its Dietetic Practice Group - Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutritionists, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the American Physiological Society.
Dr. Rodriguez has an active research program that has been extramurally funded by agencies including USDA, NIH, the American Heart Association, the National Dairy Council, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, and the Egg Nutrition Center. Her research focuses on relationships between exercise, protein intake, and protein utilization in athletes, physically active adults, and healthy obese and non-obese children. Her work has been published in the American Journal of Physiology, Metabolism, Journal of Nutrition, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, and the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. Dr. Rodriguez is currently on the editorial board for Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal, and the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, and the Journal of Nutrition.
Dr. Rodriguez currently teaches sports nutrition, medical nutrition therapy, and the protein component of the graduate course, Macronutrients. She also participates in the department faculty rotation for graduate seminar in nutrition.
Dr. Rodriguez received her B.S. in Human Nutrition and Foods at Virginia Tech. She earned her MS in nutrition and a PhD in biochemistry at West Virginia University. She spent two years at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN as an NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Endocrinology and Metabolism. Dr. Rodriguez is an active member of the American Society of Nutrition, the American Dietetic Association and its Dietetic Practice Group - Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutritionists, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the American Physiological Society.
Host
Melanie Cole, M.S.
Original Air Date
2 / 15 / 2011
