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Brian Lindshield
Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Nutritional Sciences Advisor
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- Contact Info:
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208 Justin Hall
(785) 532-7848
- Courses I Teach:
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- HN 400: Human Nutrition
- HN 810: Seminar in Human Nutrition (One of multiple instructors)
- HN 812: Advanced Micronutrient Metabolism (Team Taught)
- HN 911: Advanced Nutrition Topics - Nutrition and Cancer
- Areas of Specialization:
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- The potential of phytochemicals, functional foods, micronutrients, and/or botanicals to inhibit prostate cancer development and/or progression and characterization of the mechanism of action through biochemical and molecular biology techniques
- Education:
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- A.S. Pratt Community College (2001)
- B.S. in Human Nutrition, Kansas State University (2003)
- Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2008)
Short Biography
A native of Lindsborg, Kansas Brian played basketball and earned his Associates of Science degree from Pratt Community College. He then transferred to Kansas State University to major in Nutritional Sciences. After graduating from Kansas State with his B.S. in Human Nutrition, he attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to pursue his Ph.D. In 2008 he completed his degree and was hired back to Kansas State University. He is a Wakonse Fellow, a past participant of the Kansas State University Peer Review of Teaching Program, and was the 2010 Pratt Community College Alumnus of the Year & Commencement Speaker.