Associate Professor of Nutrition, Food Sciences and Packaging
Dr. Giselle Adriana Pereira Pignotti is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Sciences and Packaging at San José State University. Her research interests include determinants of healthy eating and strategies to improve dietary quality and practices with emphasis on dietary assessment, health disparities, food access, nutrition and health literacy, intuitive eating, cardiometabolic diseases, and bone metabolism.
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About Giselle Adriana Pereira Pignotti
Dr. Giselle Adriana Pereira Pignotti is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Sciences and Packaging at San José State University. Her research interests include determinants of healthy eating and strategies to improve dietary quality and practices with emphasis on dietary assessment, health disparities, food access, nutrition and health literacy, intuitive eating, cardiometabolic diseases, and bone metabolism.
| Present | Associate Professor of Nutrition, Food Sciences and Packaging, San Jose State University | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Honors and Awards
- 2014 Graduate & Professional Student Association Travel Grant ($948)
- 2013 Summer Research Fellowship Program ($6,000)
- 2013 ASN/MARC – Minority Student Travel Award ($1,850)
- 2013 ASN/MARC – Young Investigator Minority Award Finalist
- 2012 Arizona Board of Regents Doctoral Research Grant ($5,000)
- 2012 Graduate Research Support Program Grant ($2,000)
- 2012 Graduate & Professional Student Association Travel Grant ($665)
Courses
- NUFS 217 - Issues in Nutrition, Food and Packaging
- NUFS 114A - Community Nutrition for Majors
- NUFS 190 - Nutrition Education
- NUFS 106A - Human Nutrition in the Life Span
| 2013 | PhD, Arizona State University ‐ Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Wellness | |
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| 2008 | MS, University of São Paulo ‐ Nutrition in Public Health | |
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| 2006 | BS, University of São Paulo ‐ Nutrition | |
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Links
Contact Information
giselle.pignotti@sjsu.edu
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