- Nov 6, 2025
- by Laura Reiley, Cornell Chronicle
- Holistic Human Health, Technology + Human Thriving
Study links nutrition to tuberculosis outcomes
Even after successful tuberculosis treatment, patients have a "metabolic scar" that can be ameliorated with better nutrition.
Kathleen Rasmussen
Dr. Kathleen M. Rasmussen is the Nancy Schlegel Meinig Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition in the Division of Nutritional Sciences and International Professor of Nutritional Science at Cornell University. She received her AB degree from Brown University in molecular biology and both her ScM and ScD degrees from Harvard University in nutrition. Professor Rasmussen is internationally known for her research on maternal and child nutrition. Her research has included studies in experimental species, observational
Tom Brenna
Tom Brenna is Professor Emeritus since 2017. His research couples Nutrition and Chemistry in a broadly interdisciplinary program. He is a member of graduate fields in Cornell's four large colleges: Nutrition (CHE and CALS), Food Science and Technology (CALS), Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Arts), and Geological Sciences (Engineering and CALS), among other collaborations. His research group has been funded by institutes/centers at the NIH (NIGMS, NEI, NICHD, NCCIH) and private industry. These grants have supported fundamental work
