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THUNDER JALILI

Professor

Nutrition & Integrative Physiology

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  • Professor
    Nutrition & Integrative Physiology
  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    Health & Kinesiology
  • University of Utah, Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, 250 S. 1850 E. Rm 214, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, United States

BIO

Thunder Jalili received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in Nutrition with specialization in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. Following graduate school Dr. Jalili completed postdoctoral fellowships at The Harvard School of Public Health in the Department of Cancer Biology, and at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in the Division of Cardiology. He joined the faculty at the University of Utah in 1999 and is currently a Professor of Nutrition & Integrated Physiology, Director of Graduate Studies, and Director of Undergraduate Studies.

INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Professor
    Nutrition & Integrative Physiology1 Jul 2017 - present
  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    Health & Kinesiology1 Jul 2020 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor
    University of Utah, Nutrition & Integrative Physiology22 Mar 1999 - 30 Jun 2006
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor
    University of Utah, Health & Kinesiology1 Jul 2000 - 1 Nov 2012
  • Associate Professor
    University of Utah, Nutrition & Integrative Physiology1 Jul 2006 - 30 Jun 2016
  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    University of Utah, Health & Kinesiology1 Nov 2012 - 30 Jun 2016
  • Associate Professor
    University of Utah, Nutrition & Integrative Physiology1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2017
  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    University of Utah, Health-Kinesiology1 Jul 2016 - 1 Jul 2020

DEGREES

  • PhD, Nutrition
    The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States
  • BS, Nutrition
    The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States16 Jun 1990

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Training
    Harvard University School of Public Health, Cancer Biology, Boston, MA, United States1 Jan 1996 - 1 Jun 1997
    Genetic ToxicologyPostdoctoral FellowshipSupervised by Robert Schiestl, PhD
  • Postdoctoral training
    University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cardiology, Cincinnati, OH, United States3 Jun 1997 - 1 Mar 1999
    Cardiovascular biologyPostdoctoral FellowshipSupervised by Richard Walsh, MD

LANGUAGES

  • Persian
  • English

FIELDS OF RESEARCH