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Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Tyler
My research interest focuses on identifying the efficacy of resistant starch, fiber, functional ingredients and bioactive compounds or nutrients in foods that can be considered as a preventive or even an alternative approach to reduce obesity and its associated metabolic complications.
My research goals include A) Mapping sturctural and physiochemical changes in starch structure in foods cooked to enhance resistant starch levels B) Expand the continuing research on RS type 4 and 5 and observe the effects of foods rich in these RS on satiety factors and hormones such as Leptin, Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP), and peptide tyrosine tyrosine (PYY). C) Understand the effect of RS 4 and 5 supplementations on glycemic parameters and their role is diabetes. D) Expand the research to incorporate influence of fiber and resistant starch on gut microbiome and short chain fatty acid synthesis in conjunction with glucose metabolism. E) Understand microbiome diversity in traditional race and ethnicity categories and reduce health disparities and development of chronic diseases.
Scholarly work
Madhura Maiya, Alba D Cartagenova, Kendall Altizer Fitko, Shannon Roa, Christina Law, Mindy A Patterson. Developing and evaluating a high resistant starch menu in adults with prediabetes: A non-randomized pilot study. Current Developments in Nutrition [Status: Under review]
Miketinas DC, Shankar K, Maiya M, Patterson MA. Usual Dietary Intake of Resistant Starch in US Adults from NHANES 2015-2016. J Nutr. 2020 Oct 12;150(10):2738-2747. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxaa232. PMID: 32840627.
Patterson MA., Maiya, M., Stewart, M. Resistant starch content in foods consumed in the United States: A Narrative Review J Academy Nutrition and Dietetics 2020, 120:2
Patterson, M.A.; Fong, J.N.; Maiya, M.; Kung, S.; Sarkissian, A.; Nashef, N.; Wang, W. Chilled Potatoes Decrease Postprandial Glucose, Insulin, and Glucose-dependent Insulinotropic Peptide Compared to Boiled Potatoes in Females with Elevated Fasting Glucose and Insulin. Nutrients 2019, 11, 2066.