Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health

Additional Campus Affiliations

Associate Head for Research, Health and Kinesiology
Associate Professor, Health and Kinesiology
Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Associate Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Affiliate, Personalized Nutrition Initiative, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Recent Publications

Baldeon, A. D., Holthaus, T. A., Khan, N. A., & Holscher, H. D. (2025). Fecal Microbiota and Metabolites Predict Metabolic Health Features across Various Dietary Patterns in Adults. Journal of Nutrition, 155(6), 1795-1803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2025.03.024

Hasnin, S., Pitts, S. B. J., Roman, C. K., & Khan, N. A. (Accepted/In press). Skin Carotenoid Score Level and Race Affect Intradevice Repeatability of Veggie MeterĀ® at a Single Time Point. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2025.11.003

Keye, S. A., Holthaus, T. A., Cannavale, C. N., Rosok, L. M., Lamblin, E., Renzi-Hammond, L., Holscher, H. D., & Khan, N. A. (2025). MIND Diet Pattern Is Associated with Attentional Control in School-Aged Children. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, 9(2), 184-191. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41465-025-00318-4

Kuang, J., Lloyd, K. M., Ligeza, T. S., Bashir, N., Martin, H., Shanmugam, R., Pickerill, L., Liang, S., Syed, T., Tewell, P., Sharma, A., Quiroz, F. B., Stanfield, C., Herrera, B. M., Yu, Q., Cannavale, C. N., Zou, L., Burd, N. A., Khan, N. A., ... Pindus, D. M. (2025). Interrupting sitting with moderate-intensity physical activity breaks improves inhibitory control in adults with overweight and obesity: Findings from the SITLess pilot randomized crossover trial. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 28, Article 100671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2025.100671

Martell, S. G., Keye, S. A., Kim, J., Walk, A., Erdman, J. W., Adamson, B., Motl, R. W., & Khan, N. A. (2025). Exploring Differences in the Lateralized Readiness Potential in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis Compared to Healthy Controls. Psychophysiology, 62(2), Article e70022. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.70022

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