Martha A. Belury, PhD, RDN

Carol S. Kennedy Professor of Nutrition
The Ohio State University

Martha Ann Belury, PhD, RDN, is the Carol S. Kennedy Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Ohio State University. After earning her PhD in Biological Sciences at the University of Texas in Austin, Dr. Belury has transitioned to bridge pre-clinical research to clinical trials with the goal of identifying cellular targets of lipophilic bioactive compounds that affect energy metabolism and inflammation. With many wonderful collaborators and student mentees, Dr. Belury has authored over 130 peer-reviewed publications to reveal how dietary fatty acids and flavonoids modulate energy metabolism and inflammation in the contexts of cancer, obesity, type 2 diabetes and sarcopenia. Dr. Belury has mentored many undergraduate, masters and doctoral students. She is President of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) and is an Elected Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS) awarded her with the 2022 Ralph T. Holman Lifetime Achievement award for her work with dietary fats and health.

Poster(s):

• (PO06-01-22) Diet-Induced Gene Expression Changes of Cachectic Muscle, Adipose, and Liver

• (PO08-09-22) Quality of Popular Diets in the United States

• (PO09-01-22) Erythrocyte Linoleic Acid Is Associated With Higher Heart Rate Variability and Better Sleep Quality: A Possible Link to Reducing Risk for Cardiometabolic Diseases

• (PO22-13-22) Restricted Carbohydrate Diets High in Fat Are Associated With Increased Likelihood of Prevalent Metabolic Syndrome

• (PO22-26-22) Association Between Restricted Carbohydrate Diets and Cardiometabolic Disease

• (PO28-07-22) The Effects of Dietary Soybean Oil on Liver Fat and Visceral Adipose Tissue in Adults With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Study Protocol for a Randomized Control Trial