Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Lecturer
Email: ekwoolf@sdsu.edu
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Education
- Doctoral (PhD) Student: Food Science & Human and Nutrition, Colorado
State University (2019-present) - DUAL master’s of science degrees (MS): Exercise Physiology and Nutrition, San Diego
State University (2019) - Bachelor’s of science degree (BS): Foods & Nutrition with completion of the
didactic program for dietetics (2016)
Current Research – PhD
Functional Foods & Human Health Lab, Department of Food Science & Human
Nutrition, Colorado State University
Studying: clinical human research on functional foods and cardiovascular health.
Specifically, analyzing the effects of blueberry consumption on cardiovascular risk
factors, such as blood pressure, arterial stiffness, and endothelial function, in older
adults with elevated or stage 1 hypertension.
Past Research – MS
Food Science Laboratory, School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, San Diego State
University
Exercise Physiology Laboratory, School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, San
Diego State University
Studied: (1) insect-induced food allergens. Specifically, began to develop a
purification method for mealworm tropomyosin and examined the molecular
characterizations of isolated mealworm tropomyosin. (2) entomophagy, factors that
affect willingness to consume insect-based foods, and effects of exposure on
willingness to consume insect-based foods. (3) analyzed volume of sweat production in
individual sweat glands. (4) analyzed whether carbonic anhydrase participants in sweat
production
