Weiwen Chai

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Weiwen Chai

Associate Professor

Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contact

Address
LEV 104D
Lincoln NE 68583-0806
Phone
402-472-3716 On-campus 2-3716
Email
wchai2@unl.edu

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As a nutritionist with extensive training in behavioral, epidemiology and basic science, my goal is to understand the etiology of obesity and cancer and to contribute to strategies of chronic disease prevention. I am interested in studying how dietary, lifestyle, behavioral, socioeconomic, and biological factors influence the development of obesity and cancer through epidemiological studies and behavioral interventions.

Areas of expertise

  • clinical and behavioral intervention studies in adults and children
  • nutritional epidemiology and dietary analyses within large cohorts
  • survey development and validation
  • assessment of nutrition intervention
  • multiple publications related to obesity, cancer and ethnic differences in disease risk
  • analyses examining nutritional and inflammatory biomarkers with the risk of chronic diseases

Education

Ph.D., Human Nutrition, University of Wyoming, 2004
NIH Postdoc Fellowship, Nutritional Epidemiology and Behavioral Cancer Prevention, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, 2009-2011

Memberships

  • 2011-Present: American Society of Nutrition, Full Member
  • 2009-Present: American Association for Cancer Research, Associate Member
  • 2015–Present: Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior, Full Member