Congratulations to Dr. Candida Rebello, Assistant Professor and Director of the Nutrition and Chronic Disease Laboratory at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, for receiving a $3.7 million, five-year grant from NIH's National Institute on Aging to explore lifestyle-focused care strategies to reduce excess body fat and declining muscle mass in older adults with obesity, also known as sarcopenic obesity.
Dr. Rebello is a past LA CaTS Pilot Grants Awardee. Her project aimed to examine insulin sensitivity in humans treated with naringenin. On behalf of the entire center, we are proud to highlight Dr. Rebello's accomplishment and look forward to her continued research success.
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