Faculty and Staff - Aleksandra S. Kristo, PhD.

 

 

 

Expertise: Nutrition and diet in prevention and management of cardiovascular disease 

 

Postdoctoral Training, Tufts University, JM USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory, Boston MA 2012 - 2013

PhD, Food and Nutrition Sciences, University of Maine Orono ME, 2012

MSc, Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Maine Orono ME, 2008

BSc, Dietetics and Nutritional Science, Harokopio University, Athens Greece, 2004

 

Nutrition, FSN 210

Food and Nutrition: Customs and Culture, FSN 250

Maternal Child Nutrition, FSN 310

Senior Project, FSN 461

 

• Phytochemicals and berry bioactive compounds, lipids and carbohydrates in cardiovascular disease: role, metabolism and molecular targets
• Interplay between diet/dietary interventions and chronic disease risk factors
• Nutritional status and education during adolescence and early adulthood in relation to chronic disease