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Nancy F. Krebs, MD

Professor

Research Interests:

Zinc and trace mineral nutrition in the human

Defining dietary requirements

Evaluating the metabolic regulation and adaptation to different intakes and physiologic states

Populations of interest include normal infants, pregnant or lactating women, premature infants and infants and children with cystic fibrosis.

Current Research:

National Institutes of Health/NIDDK - Nutrition Academic Award [K07]: Integration of Clinical Nutrition into Medical Training (PI).

NIH/NIDDK: Pancreatic Metallothionein: Modulator of Zn Metabolism? (PI).

NIH/NICHD: Agriculture, Maternal-Infant Nutrition & Public Health (Co-PI).

USDA: Low phytate corn mutants: mineral absorption (Co-PI).

National Cattlemen's Beef Association: Relationship of Zinc Intake and Zinc Status to Insulin Levels in
Severely Obese Adolescents Enrolled in a Weight Loss Intervention Trial (PI).

Wyeth Nutrition: Measurement of Mineral Absorption from a Term Infant Formula with Dominant Bovine Alpha-Lactalbumin (PI).

National Institutes of Health/MCH: Colorado MCH LEND; MCJ-089413-01-0 (Co-PI).

Ross Products Division/Abbott Laboratories : Zinc, Fat and Calcium Balance in Term Infants Fed Milk-Based
Formula and Hydrolysate-Based Formulas CP-AJ72 (PI).

NIH/NIDDK: Treatment alternatives in pediatric Type 2 diabetes (Co-Investigator)