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Elizabeth Ryan
Toxicology, Cancer Biology and Nutrition Laboratory

This multi-disciplinary lab studies gut mucosal immunity and enteric pathogens, probiotic metabolism of foods, and host associated microbiota-metabolic changes in response to dietary interventions across the lifespan.

Current projects involve investigation of foods such as rice bran, legumes (beans, cowpeas) and the impacts of these nutrient dense, fiber-rich foods on gut microbiome metabolism with health outcomes related to child growth as well as reducing risk for cancer.

Our team collaborates with local, national, and international groups on functional and sustainable foods and utilizes cutting-edge technologies such as metabolomics.

research project

Research Study: Northern Colorado Coronavirus Biobank

NoCo-Co-BIO: A biorepository for acute and convalescent patient samples from Coloradoans infected with SARS CoV-2.

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research project

Clinical Research Study: Beans/Bran Enriching Nutritional Eating For Intestinal Health and Cancer Including Activity for Longevity

Beans/Bran Enriching Nutritional Eating For Intestinal Health and Cancer Including Activity for Longevity (BENEFICIAL) is a human clinical research study designed to identify whether foods such as beans or rice bran, combined with regular physical activity, can lower the risk of colorectal cancer.

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Publications

Arsenic speciation in rice bran: Agronomic practices, postharvest fermentation, and human health risk assessment across the lifespan

Annika M Weber, Bridget A Baxter, Anna McClung, Molly M Lamb, Sylvia Becker-Dreps, Samuel Vilchez, Ousmane Koit, Frank Wieringa, Elizabeth P Ryan
Environmental Pollution (2021)

Daily Rice Bran Consumption for 6 Months Influences Serum Glucagon-Like Peptide 2 and Metabolite Profiles without Differences in Trace Element and Heavy Metals in Weaning Nicaraguan Infants at 12 Months of Age

Luis E Zambrana, Annika M Weber, Erica C Borresen, Iman Zarei, Johann Perez, Claudia Perez, Iker Rodriguez, Sylvia Becker-Dreps, Lijuan Yuan, Samuel Vilchez, and Elizabeth P. Ryan
Current Development in Nutrition (2021)

A longitudinal SARS-CoV-2 biorepository for COVID-19 survivors with and without post-acute sequelae

Stephanie M LaVergne, Sophia Stromberg, Bridget A Baxter, Tracy L Webb, Taru S Dutt, Kailey Berry, Madison Tipton, Jared Haberman, Benjamin R Massey, Kim McFann, Omar Alnachoukati, Linda Zier, Thomas Heacock, Gregory D Ebel, Marcela Henao-Tamayo, Julie Dunn, and Elizabeth P Ryan
BMC Infectious Diseases (2021)

Quality of Life (QoL) Is Reduced in Those with Severe COVID-19 Disease, Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19, and Hospitalization in United States Adults from Northern Colorado

Kim McFann, Bridget A Baxter, Stephanie M LaVergne, Sophia Stromberg, Kailey Berry, Madison Tipton , Jared Haberman , Jeremy Ladd , Tracy L Webb, Julie A Dunn, Elizabeth P Ryan
Environmental Research and Public Health (2021)

Rice bran supplementation modulates growth, microbiota and metabolome in weaning infants: a clinical trial in Nicaragua and Mali

Luis E. Zambrana, Starin McKeen, Hend Ibrahim, Iman Zarei, Erica C. Borresen, Lassina Doumbia, Abdoulay Bore, Alima Cissolo, Seydou Douyon, Karim Kone, Johann Perez, Claudia Perez, Ann Hess, Zaid Abodo, Lansana Sangara, Ababacar Maiga, Syliva Becker-Dreps, Lijuan Yuan, Ousmane Koita, Samuel Vilchez, and Elizabeth P. Ryan
Scientific Reports (2019)

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