RADFORD, Va., April 21 -- Radford University issued the following news release:
After a brush with chronic illness during her teens, Kaitlin O'Brien recovered and
became fascinated by the critical role nutrition plays within human health.
"I just saw how much good it can do, and that got me interested in so many other diseases
and other processes that affect us," she recently said. "I really learned how important
what we eat is, from the gross level down to the microscopic, and the more I study
it, the more enriched I feel by it."
Today, O'Brien is a sophomore foods and nutrition major, and she's about to get even
more exposure in her field.
She was recently selected for a Nutrition Undergraduate Research Immersion in the Summer (NURISh...