Connie J Rogers

Connie J Rogers is a Professor and Department Head of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Georgia's College of Family and Consumer Sciences. Previously, she held faculty positions at Penn State University (2010-2022) and served as a Senior Research Fellow at the National Cancer Institute (2008-2010). Her research focuses on the intersection of nutritional interventions, inflammation, and chronic disease prevention.

• Ph.D. in Cell Biology and Physiology (University of Pittsburgh, 1998)
• M.P.H. in Epidemiology (University of Pittsburgh, 2003)

Rogers' laboratory investigates how energy balance (obesity, exercise, dietary restriction) and nutritional factors like spices and prunes modulate inflammatory mediators, metabolic hormones, and immune pathways in breast cancer and cardiometabolic diseases. Her work spans both animal models and human clinical trials, including the long-term Prune Study examining bone health in postmenopausal women.

Recent publications highlight her leadership in nutritional immunology, particularly in understanding how dietary compounds affect monocyte activation, gut microbiome composition, and vascular function. Awards include the Women's Leadership Fellow (2023), multiple Collaborative Research Awards, and the Broadhurst Career Development Professorship.

• Women’s Leadership Fellow (University of Georgia, 2023)
• Collaborative Research Award (Penn State, 2021)
• Broadhurst Career Development Professorship (2010)