Rafaela G. Feresin
Associate Professor and Ph.D. Program Director of Nutritional Concentration Chemistry, Nutrition- Education
PhD, Nutrition and Food Science, Florida State University (2015)
MS, Nutrition and Food Science, Florida State University (2011)
BS, Nutrition, Federal University of Goias, Brazil (2003)
- Biography
Dr. Feresin’s research expertise spans from molecular to human trials and aims to identify nutritional strategies to prevent and treat cardiometabolic and musculoskeletal diseases. Her overall goal is to better understand the mechanisms by which a certain diet, functional food, dietary supplement, or phytonutrient prevent and/or improve disease conditions and evaluate their safety and efficacy in clinical trials. Dr. Feresin is currently funded by the USDA to investigate the antihypertensive effects of blackberry and raspberry polyphenols in an animal model of hypertension.