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Julia Chapman joined The Parenting Project: Healthy Children, Families & Communities team in May 2017, and also works with the Youth Risk and Opportunity Lab at Cornell University. She has a B.A. in psychology from the University of Rochester and received a master’s in social work in 2022. Her research interests include how trauma relates to adolescent development and how families can act as protective factors against the development of maladaptive coping mechanisms.

Yuhan is the Lois and Mel Tukman Assistant Professor of Molecular Nutrition at Cornell University in the Division of Nutritional Sciences. Her research group aims at studying the brain-body interactions that govern metabolic regulation and their implications in the context of obesity and diabetes. To achieve this goal, her research utilizes a combination of molecular and functional approaches in animal models to elucidate the neural circuits involved in metabolic regulation and to understand how they become

Jacqueline A. Futch earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics and Sociology from The Florida State University and a Master of Public Health in Nutrition from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, where she also completed her Dietetic Internship. Before pursuing her doctorate, she held positions at Second Harvest Food Bank in New Orleans, The Food Trust, and the Tulane Prevention Research Center. In her most recent role as Director of

Zhangfan Lyu is an M.S. student in Nutritional Sciences on the individualized track, working with Dr. Kimberly O'Brien. She earned her B.S. in Nutrition Sciences from McGill University, with a concentration in Metabolism, Health and Disease. Zhangfan's research focuses on the intersection of trace minerals, gut microbiome composition, and dietary patterns. She is currently working on a secondary analysis using serum and fecal samples from the FeMicrobiome Study to quantify copper concentrations and evaluate how

Siwen Xue is a Ph.D. student in Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University, where she studies how cellular and molecular pathways regulate muscle regeneration and metabolism. With a background in food science and biotechnology, she is passionate about translating laboratory discoveries into real-world innovations that promote health. Before Cornell, Siwen completed her Ph.D. in Food Science at Nanjing Agricultural University and was a visiting scholar at Purdue University. Her work is driven by a curiosity about

Ziyang Wang is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Nutritional Science working with Dr. Yuhan Wang. He earned a M.S. in Nutrition and Metabolism from Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and a B.E. in Food Science and Engineering from South China University of Technology. Ziyang is motivated by how nutrients interact with the central nervous system (CNS). In Dr. Wang's lab, he is researching how vitamin D influences emotional health and