Jessica D. Bihuniak
Clinical Nutrition
Clinical Biochemistry Research Center
Greece
Biography
Jessica Bihuniak, PhD, RD is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Nutrition. She received her MS in Health Promotion Sciences and PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Connecticut (UCONN) where she trained under the advisement of Jane Kerstetter, PhD, RD (UCONN) and Karl Insogna, MD (Yale University School of Medicine).
Research Interest
She is interested in how different sources of dietary protein and amino acids affects skeletal health and body composition. She has shown specific effects of dietary protein on calcium absorption that do not support the concept that protein is detrimental to bone or musculoskeletal health in older adults.
