Title: Bay2Health: Food-as-Medicine Pilots in Pinellas & Miami-Dade
Principal investigator: Jaehyun Ahn (UF/IFAS - Agricultural Education and Communication)
Co-Principal Investigators:
Cora Best, PhD, RD (IFAS – FSHN), Xiaoying Li (IFAS – Horticultural Sciences), Yenan Zhu (PHHP)
*Co-funded with the UF Diabetes Institute
Title: Addressing Family and Community Health and Wellbeing Through Books & Cooks
Principal investigator: David Diehl (UF/IFAS - FYCS)
Co-Principal Investigators:
Anne Mathews (IFAS – FSHN), Jeneé Duncan (IFAS - FYCS); Osubi Craig (Arts – CAME), Miranda Badolato (IFAS – FSHN), Karla Shelnutt (IFAS – FYCS)
*Co-funded with the UF Diabetes Institute
Title: Enhancing Carbohydrate Quality Metrics of Sweet Corn and Specialty Potato: A Novel Approach to Improve Cardiometabolic and Cognitive Health
Principal investigator: Lincoln Zotarelli (UF/IFAS – Horticultural Sciences)
Co-Principal Investigators:
Wendy Dahl (IFAS - FSHN); Marcio Resende (IFAS – Horticultural Sciences); Dawn Schiehser (PHHP; Fixel Institute of Neurological Diseases); James Colee (IFAS – Statistics)
Title: Personalized Carbohydrates for Human Disease Control and Prevention
Principal investigator: Catalin Voiniciuc (UF/IFAS – Horticultural Sciences)
Co-Principal investigator:
Wendy Dahl (IFAS - FSHN); Wenjun Xie (Pharmacy)
Title: Developing Carotenoid-Rich Marigold Feed Supplements Using Precision Breeding Approaches to Improve Egg Yolk Color and Nutritional Quality
Principal investigator: Heqiang Huo (UF/IFAS – Horticultural Sciences)
Co-Principal investigator:
Gilles Basset (IFAS – Horticultural Sciences), Gary Butcher (Veterinary Medicine), Mica McMillan (IFAS – Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center), Isaac Vincent (Morning Star Fields)
Title: A Food-is-Medicine Approach to Parkinson’s Disease: Developing Standardized Velvet Bean Cultivars and Natural Dietary Enzyme Inhibitors for Accessible L-DOPA Therapy
Principal Investigator: Kelly Balmant (UF/IFAS – Horticultural Sciences)
Co-Principal Investigator:
Jeongim Kim (IFAS – Horticultural Sciences), Guodong Liu (IFAS – Horticultural Sciences), Marcio Resende (IFAS – Horticultural Sciences), Adegbola Adesogan (IFAS - Animal Sciences; Global Food Systems Institute), Kari Basso (Chemistry), Gregory Hudalla (Biomedical Engineering), Michael Okun (Medicine – Neurology)
*Co-funded with UF Health’s Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases
