Marie Caudill

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Food, Nutrition & Consumer Sciences

Room: 7-118

Phone: (909) 869-2168

E-Mail: macaudill@csupomona.edu

Home Page: www.csupomona.edu/~macaudill

Education:

BS: Nutrition, University of North Florida
MS: Nutritional Science, University of North Florida
Ph.D.: Nutritional Science, University of Florida

Biography:

Dr. Caudill is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer Science Department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Following the obtainment of an MS in Nutrition, she completed a 9-month Dietetic Internship at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. She then pursued her Ph.D. in the area of human requirements for folate at the University of Florida. Upon completion of her Ph.D., she accepted her current position at Cal Poly Pomona.

Teaching Areas/Expertise:

Nutritional Biochemistry, Clinical Nutrition, Community Nutrition and Nutrition Education, Sports Nutrition, Vitamins and Minerals.

Research Areas/Expertise:

Dr. Caudill's research area is folate metabolism in health and disease including folate's role in cancer, heart disease and neural tube defects. She has given several invited guest lectures on the role of homocysteine in the development of heart disease and has recently investigated the prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia in post-menopausal women with type 2 diabetes. She is currently investigating the impact of folic acid fortification of the food supply on women of childbearing age, the target population.

Awards/Recognition/Professional Activity:

In 1995, Dr. Caudill received a Departmental Assistantship from the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at University of Florida. In 1997, she received a scholarship from the National Institute of Health. In 1998, the University of North Florida recognized her as an outstanding alumna.