{"id":3267,"date":"2023-07-26T20:48:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T00:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/?p=3267"},"modified":"2023-07-26T20:48:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T00:48:22","slug":"cals-new-hires-july-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/cals-new-hires-july-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"CALS New Hires-July 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Skinner, Assistant Professor, Nutrition and Food Sciences Department<\/h3>\n

\"ChrisR. Chris Skinner is joining the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences (NFS) as assistant professor of nutrition. Skinner’s lab will focus on how nutrition impacts metabolic health, as well as investigating the potential of novel functional foods developed from waste.<\/span><\/p>\n

He will be teaching introductory and advanced courses in nutrition and is excited to return to a professor role. Prior to joining NFS, Skinner most recently served as research and outreach coordinator for the UVM Food Systems Research Center. He previously served as assistant professor of health sciences at University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, AR.<\/span><\/p>\n

Skinner has a PhD in nutrition and a MS in exercise physiology from West Virginia University, and a BS in exercise science from West Virginia Wesleyan College. Outside of work, he enjoys attending concerts, staying active, playing guitar, and trying to keep his dog and cats entertained and happy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other New Hires<\/h3>\n

Ruth Quainoo – Postdoctoral Associate, Plant and Soil Science Department<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chris Skinner, Assistant Professor, Nutrition and Food Sciences Department R. Chris Skinner is joining the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences (NFS) as assistant professor of nutrition. Skinner’s lab will focus on how nutrition impacts metabolic health, as well as investigating the potential of novel functional foods developed from waste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7974,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,28,29],"tags":[72,19,21],"class_list":["post-3267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cals","category-faculty","category-staff","tag-new-hires","tag-nfs","tag-pss"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":491,"url":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/welcome-to-our-new-hires\/","url_meta":{"origin":3267,"position":0},"title":"Welcome to Our New Hires","author":"CALS Communications","date":"October 29, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Deb Heleba, Master Gardener Coordinator, UVM Extension Deb is the new Extension Master Gardener coordinator and officially starts in this role on January 4, 2022. 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