Shabnam Pooya

Dr. Shabnam Pooya serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at California State University, Fresno's Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, where she has been a faculty member since fall 2016.

Her academic credentials include:

• Bachelor of Science from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
• Master of Science from Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
• Doctor of Philosophy from Lorraine University, Nancy, France
• Doctorate of Pharmacy from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

Dr. Pooya's research centers on nutrition science with emphasis on acute malnutrition and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Her doctoral work investigated vitamin B12 and folate deficiencies during pregnancy/lactation and their metabolic impacts on cardiac and hepatic tissues in rat models. Her postdoctoral research expanded into developmental biology, examining vasculogenesis, brain development mechanisms, and neuro-stem/glial cell signaling pathways at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Cincinnati Children's Hospital.

No information was provided regarding scientific awards, student advising activities, research grants, or laboratory facilities.