Isis Trujillo-Gonzalez

Dr. Isis Trujillo-Gonzalez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health. She is affiliated with the Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) and focuses on mechanisms linking choline status to neurodevelopment in health and disease. Her work integrates molecular biology, epidemiology, and clinical research to address public health challenges related to nutrient metabolism.

• Educations:
  • PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), 2015
  • Postdoctoral training at UNC-Chapel Hill’s NRI under Dr. Steve Zeisel (2015–present)

Her research emphasizes the role of choline in neurodevelopmental processes, metabolic disorders, and disease prevention. Key themes include prenatal choline requirements, choline’s impact on epigenetic regulation (e.g., miRNAs, histone modifications), and multi-omics approaches for understanding gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases. She has contributed to studies linking choline metabolites to long-term risks of diabetes and cardiovascular disease using large cohort data (e.g., CARDIA).

Her publications explore topics such as sex-specific metabolic predictors of obesity resistance in mice, myokine roles in liver disease, and plasma metabolite signatures for choline intake assessment. Though no awards are explicitly listed, her prolific publication record reflects significant scientific contributions to nutritional and metabolic research.

Dr. Trujillo-Gonzalez collaborates with the Gillings School’s interdisciplinary teams and leverages the NRI’s resources to advance translational nutrition science. Her work bridges basic research and public health practice, aiming to inform dietary guidelines and interventions for optimal health outcomes.