Pratibha Gupta

Biography:

Pratibha Gupta, Ph.D., is a research associate professor of food, nutrition, and health and Extension specialist for Family and Consumer Science at Central State University. She is an editorial member for the National Consortium for Building Healthy Academic Communities and the Journal of Current Trends in Nutrition. She is also on the five-member Board of Directors of the Food Distribution Research Society. Gupta recently responded to a list of questions by Cyril Ibe on her $600,000, USDA-funded research titled, “Nutrition Education and Outreach Program to Address and Prevent Obesity in Minority Communities: Application of Nutrigenomics.” The following has been lightly edited for clarity. Gupta is the principal investigator (PI) for the study, which involves Central State in partnership with Kentucky State University, Lincoln University, and the University of Toledo.