Skip to Main Content

The University of Tennessee

Enter the name of your College, Department, or Unit Here

Frequently Used Tools:



 


Faculty Profile

Ling Zhao
Dr. Ling Zhao  

865-974-3491
lzhao7@utk.edu
Assistant Professor
Track: Nutrition Science

Education:

      

Peking University Health Science Center
(formerly known as Beijing Medical University),
Beijing, P.R. China

B.M.

1987-1993

Preventive Medicine

University of California, Berkeley

Ph.D.

1996-2002

Molecular and
Biochemical Nutrition

Academic Vita

Research Interests:

Nutritional interventions on obesity and chronic metabolic conditions. We are particularly interested in understanding how diets can reduce chronic inflammation that is associated with obesity and chronic diseases (for example cancer and diabetes) thereby prevent obesity and improve those conditions using a diet-induced obesity mouse model and mice with modified genetics.

 

Contact the Department of Nutrition

1215 W. Cumberland Ave.
229 Jessie Harris Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-1920

Brenda Hart
bhart57@utk.edu

Phone: (865) 974-5445
Fax: (865) 974-3491