O'Brien Lab, People | Division of Nutritional Sciences

Principal Investigator

Kimberly O. O’Brien, PhD

Professor, Cornell University, Division of Nutritional Sciences
Adjunct Professor, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rochester, NY

Graduate Students

Katherine Delaney

Degrees: BS, Biochemistry
Year Entered: 2016
Background: Before coming to Cornell, Katherine was a postbaccalaureate research fellow at the National Institutes of Health in a Molecular Genetics Laboratory. Her doctoral research aims to improve understanding of iron homeostasis during pregnancy and how maternal iron status and fetal iron accretion impacts fetal brain development.

Wanhui Kang

Degrees: BS, Nutritional Sciences; BE, Food Science
Year Entered: 2017
Background: Wanhui received a bachelor of science degree in nutritional sciences at Cornell and a bachelor of engineering degree in food science at China Agricultural University. Her research focuses on understanding how genetic components influence iron homeostasis in different racial groups.