K. Ryan Wessells, Ph.D

K. Ryan Wessell

Associate Project Scientist, Department of Nutrition

3147 Meyer
Education
  • B.A., Socio-cultural Anthropology, University of Maryland, College Park, 2003
  • B.S., Microbiology, University of Maryland, College Park, 2003
  • Ph.D., Nutritional Biology, University of California, Davis, 2011
Research Interests

Dr. Wessells' research interests are focused on zinc deficiency among infants and young children in low-income countries, and the evaluation of therapeutic and preventive interventions designed to improve nutritional status in these populations. She is also interested in the dietary and biochemical assessment of nutritional status, and relationships between nutritional status, intestinal mucosal function and infection.

Publications

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1XeqsrmPGgcAt/bibliography/public/