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Lab Kudos
For people and fluffy friends that have been extraordinary
Poster presentation by Ruihan at the Tri-Institutional Symposium on Reproductive Sciences
Ruihan presented at the 2025 CoRe Cornell Women’s Health Symposium!
Ruihan Xu, one of our PhD candidates, presented a poster on the ongoing Vitamin D Kinetics Study titled "Impact of Vitamin D Binding Protein Genotype and Body Adiposity on Vitamin D Kinetics in Women". The symposium highlighted the immense strengths in clinical and basic research involving all areas of reproductive health sciences across One Cornell.
Cornell Chronicle Highlights FeGene Project’s Findings on Iron-Related Chronic Disease Risk!
Our FeGene project’s latest findings have gained attention beyond the scientific community! The Cornell Chronicle published an article highlighting our research on iron metabolism and its implications for chronic disease risk in East Asian adults.
FeGene Project’s Breakthrough: Three Papers Published in AJCN with Editorial Comment!
After five years of work, our FeGene project, funded by NIH R01, has achieved another remarkable success! Three of our papers were published in a single issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and received an Editorial Comment.
Congrats Dr. O'Brien!
Dr. Kimberly O’Brien has been honored with the 2025 Agnes Higgins Award from the March of Dimes. This prestigious award recognizes her distinguished achievement in research, education, and clinical services in the field of maternal-fetal nutrition.
Congrats Dr. Yaqin Xu!
Congratulations our beloved Dr. Yaqin Xu who was recently promoted to Research Associate position in the lab! She was also nominated for the President's Award for "Employee Excellence in Culture of Belonging"
Merril Presidential Scholars
Congratulations to our O'Brien Lab seniors, Viveka and Sofia, who have been selected as Merrill Presidential Scholars. They represent the highest standards of excellence in their graduating class
YIUNAC winner Alexa Barad
Congratulations to our 5th year PhD student, Alexa Barad, for winning this year’s American Society for Nutrition’s Young Investigators Underrepresented in Nutrition (YIUNAC) award competition. Alexa presented some interesting results from her dissertation project investigating the genetics of iron homeostasis. Way to go, Alexa!
Hi Murphy
Don't let him steal your shoes!
We will miss you Alexa!
Congratulations to Dr. Alexa Barad! After 5 years with the O'Brien lab, Alexa is now a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford Medicine. We appreciate her hard work and dedication throughout these years and will miss her dearly!
The Freezer Friends
Eli, Reid, and Sunny spent the summer organizing freezers - and they did an amazing job! Good job guys.
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