Ph.D. student presenting at statewide nutrition and dietetics conference at UMaine

A University of Maine Ph.D. candidate will be among of the featured speakers for the Maine Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’s annual conference starting at 8 a.m. on Friday, April 10 in the Wells Conference Center. 

Ashley Reynolds, a doctoral student in food and nutrition sciences, will present an overview of a new mouse model of neuroinflammation associated with colitis and a study on how diet can reduce that inflammation. Reynolds is advised by Sue Ishaq, associate professor of veterinary sciences.

For registration and more information, visit the Maine Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics website