Navigating the Grocery Store Aisle

Michael Puglisi, Ph.D.

Xiuchun Tian, Ph.D.

Xiuchun (Cindy) Tian is a professor of animal science at the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources at the University of Connecticut. She has a master of science and a Ph.D. from Cornell University, where she conducted research in early pregnancy recognition and regulation of steroidogenesis in ovarian tissues. She received post-doctoral training as a recipient of a National Research Service Award from NIH in developmental genetics and molecular embryology at Cornell University and the University of Connecticut. Xiuchun (Cindy) Tian, Ph.D. Professor, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, University of Connecticut xiuchun.tian@uconn.edu

Michael Puglisi is an assistant Extension professor at the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Connecticut. He has a Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Connecticut, a master of science in Nutrition in Sports and Chronic Disease from Virginia Tech, and a bachelor of science in Dietetics from the University of Delaware. His professional and academic interests are food security, public health nutrition policy, low income programs and underserved populations, participant-centered nutrition counseling, and online nutrition education and technology in public health programs. Michael Puglisi, Ph.D. Assistant Extension Professor College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, University of Connecticut michael.puglisi @uconn.edu

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