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Jessica Alvarez, PhD, RD

@jalvar2

Mother, Registered Dietitian, Nutrition Scientist, Truth Seeker, Food Lover, Book Lover

Joined April 2009
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A-to-Z Nutrition Laboratory shines at the 2025 North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference….so proud of our team!!! emorydailypulse.com/2025/11/…
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Hot off the press! Assessment of the Metabolome Across the Glucose Tolerance Spectrum in Adults with CF Hospitalized for Pulmonary Exacerbations resmedjournal.com/article/S0…
Assessment of the metabolome across the glucose tolerance spectrum in adults with cystic fibrosis...

Assessment of the metabolome across the glucose tolerance spectrum in adults with cystic fibrosis...

Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes (CFRD) is one of the most common co-morbidities among adults with cystic fibrosis (CF), yet the mechanisms determining its development remain unclear. This study...

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Hot off the press! An International collab on obesity care in the primary care setting! @EmoryMedicine
Emory Global Diabetes Research Center (@egdrc) profile pictureEmory Global Diabetes Research Center@egdrc12 May 2025
📢 New expert consensus underscores the key role of primary care in tackling #obesity. Early prevention, new meds like #GLP1s, and timely referrals are reshaping obesity care. Emory Co-author: Jessica A. Alvarez doi.org/10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2… #ObesityManagement #PrimaryCare #Diabetes
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Thank you @CF_Foundation for putting on such an amazing event to discuss the great research happenings for people with #cysticfibrosis …..and for including our nutrition research!!
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Emory University@EmoryUniversity21 Feb 2025
Earlier this month, 84 faculty were honored at Emory University’s Newly Tenured and Promoted Faculty Reception. The annual event celebrates faculty who earned tenure or promotion to a higher rank during the previous academic year. ➡️ links.emory.edu/17K
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c@cbill22_9 Oct 2024
Risacher looked so comfortable tonight- like he’s been a pro for years
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Emory CFAR@EmoryCFAR3 Oct 2024
Congrats to #EmoryCFAR Member, Cecile Lahiri (@EmoryRHYTHM) & team - incl. @jalvar2, @IghoID & @trzeek - on their newly published work on weight change in PLWH following switch to INSTIs! ⬇️ Read their important findings via @CIDJournal:
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@IDSAInfo3 Oct 2024
In @CIDJournal, Cecile D. Lahiri, MD, MSc, and colleagues analyzed sex-specific, long-term, body weight change in persons with #HIV (PWH) following switch to regimens containing integrase strand-transfer inhibitors (INSTIs). academic.oup.com/cid/advance…

Short and Long-term Body Weight Change Following the Switch to or the Addition of Integrase...

Women with HIV who switch to integrase strand transfer inhibitors experienced a greater amount and longer duration of weight gain compared to men over 5 ye

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Excited to share our first pub from our SPAACE INSTI dream team @EmoryCFAR assembled to study metabolic effects of weight gain in people living with HIV academic.oup.com/cid/article… @IghoID @trzeek @CIDJournal #editorschoice
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Ummm, @KevinH_PhD can I sign up?! What an incredible opportunity for a recent grad!!!
Kevin Hall (@KevinH_PhD) profile pictureKevin Hall
@KevinH_PhD1 Oct 2024
Pls RT! Are you a recent college grad (or soon-to-be grad) interested in human nutrition & metabolism science? We are hiring three paid research trainees to join our lab @NIHClinicalCntr @NIDDKgov for 1-2 years starting in Spring 2025! For more info: training.nih.gov/research-tr…

Postbac Program

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Reflecting on what an amazing #NACFC2024 conference @CF_Foundation gave us this year. I feel so energized to continue our work @EmoryCHOA_CFAIR @CFAtlanta with my brilliant colleagues! @KidsLungDoc @vtangpricha
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I spy Dr @MPStOngePhD with a fantastic talk! Thank you @nih_nhlbi for this entire workshop bringing diet and nutrition to focus for lung diseases!
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Hot of the Press! Nutritional status in the era of highly effective CFTR modulators onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Nutritional status in the era of highly effective CFTR modulators

Nutritional status in the era of highly effective CFTR modulators

Advances in cystic fibrosis (CF) diagnostics and therapeutics have led to improved health and longevity, including increased body weight and decreased malnutrition in people with CF. Highly effecti...

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Taking a GLP-1 Medicine? Here's What Experts Say You Should Eat usnews.com/news/health-news/… (With a bonus quote from yours truly 😉)
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Hot off the press from #AtoZNutritionLab In vitro effects of linoleic acid on bone forming cells sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @trzeek @SmithMrs0286 @EmoryCbl
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🤩Check out this #FreeArticleOfTheWeek on Increased #adiposity is associated with altered skeletal muscle energetics @davidareiter, et al. 🖱️doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol… #JAPPL #SkeletalMuscle @jalvar2
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Loved visiting @KUDiabetesInst to hear about the wonderful science being done by their faculty and trainees! – at Brookhaven, GA
John Thyfault (TeeFo) (@john_thyfault) profile pictureJohn Thyfault (TeeFo)@john_thyfault5 Dec 2023
Next major talk is on nutrition therapy for CF induced diabetes by Dr Jessica Alvarez @jalvar2 at the @KUDiabetesInst 2023 symposia
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Scenes from a packed Nutrition and Modulators workshop at #NACFC2023 – at Phoenix, AZ
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Excited to pick up some new skills thanks to @EmoryHERCULES for providing professional development opportunities!!!
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Excited to share the latest A to Z Nutrition Lab pub from our BioBods Study, featuring rockstar #WomenInSTEM @KaitTaibl @moriah_RD and our wonderful collaborators @EmoryCbl @SmithMrs0286 @trzeek sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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New findings from Dr. @vtangpricha DISC Study! Happy to still be able to work on what was my first ever #cysticfibrosis Nutrition Study! #RDresearch sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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