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Ashley advances to PhD Candidate in the Human Nutrition and Food Sciences doctoral program!

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Human-nutrition-powerhouse Ashley Reynolds passed the graduate comprehensive exam today to advance to candidacy in her Human Nutrition and Food Science PhD Program at Umaine!! Now that she is a PhD Candidate, she is eligible to apply for federal funding for graduate fellowships, and she’ll be focusing on her dissertation research. She’s previously obtained a master’s of science and registered dietician status, and her extensive experience in nutrition and health is now being used to expand the scope of our broccoli sprout/gut microbes research to evaluate the effect on neuroinflammation. She has a literature review that will be sent out for peer review soon, and this year will complete a lot of lab work. Ashley learned how to handle mice on a recent project. Here she is weighing the first mouse she learned to pick up. She’ll be evaluating inflammation in the gut and brain using tissue samples for histology, and blood for immune factors.

Johanna, Ashley, Alexis, and Sue wearing gloves, hairnets, booties, and gowns, and standing in front of racks of mice.
Johanna, Ashley, Alexis, and Sue put in long hours during the mouse trial to collect samples each day.
Ashley is holding up a plastic jar with a research mouse in it.
Ashley learned how to handle mice on this project. Here she is weighing the first mouse she learned to pick up.

Headshot of Ashley Reynolds weiring a beige sweater.

Ashley Reynolds, M.S., R.D.

Doctor of Philosophy candidate, Human Nutrition and Food Sciences. Ashley is being co-advisor by Dr. Yanyan Li at SUNY Binghamton  

Ashley began her academic journey at the University of Maine completing her undergraduate degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition in 2021 as a Maine Top Scholar. Ashley then pursued a Master’s degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Maine. Ashley’s master’s degree research focused on exploring intuitive eating in college students. This research aimed to understand and promote a healthy relationship with food among this demographic. She also took on the role of a teaching assistant for several nutrition classes while completing that degree. In 2023, Ashley successfully completed a dietetic internship and shortly after passed her RD exam to become a registered dietitian. Currently, Ashley is back at the University of Maine, pursuing her Ph.D. in Food Science and Human Nutrition. She is incredibly interested in nutrition therapy and is beginning her research looking into the microbiome and metabolomic pathways in the context of IBD. The current research uses both human and mouse data to determine the effects broccoli sprouts has in individuals with IBD.

Ashley passes the Registered Dietician exam!

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Ashley Reynolds passed the exam last week to become a Registered Dietician!! She has been working towards a research career that combines health, nutriton, and now: microbes! Ashley been a PhD student with Yanyan Li and I since September 2023 working on #TeamBroccoli, and being the participant manager for the diet trial we are conductng. Prior to joining as a PhD student, she completed several degrees and training programs in nutrition:

Headshot of Ashley Reynolds weiring a beige sweater.

Ashley Reynolds, M.S., R.D.

Doctor of Philosophy student, Human Nutrition and Food Sciences. Ashley is being co-advisor by Dr. Yanyan Li.  

Ashley began her academic journey at the University of Maine completing her undergraduate degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition in 2021 as a Maine Top Scholar. Ashley then pursued a Master’s degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Maine. Ashley’s master’s degree research focused on exploring intuitive eating in college students. This research aimed to understand and promote a healthy relationship with food among this demographic. She also took on the role of a teaching assistant for several nutrition classes while completing that degree. In 2023, Ashley successfully completed a dietetic internship and shortly after passed her RD exam to become a registered dietitian. Currently, Ashley is back at the University of Maine, pursuing her Ph.D. in Food Science and Human Nutrition. She is incredibly interested in nutrition therapy and is beginning her research looking into the microbiome and metabolomic pathways in the context of IBD. The current research uses both human and mouse data to determine the effects broccoli sprouts has in individuals with IBD.