Research Scientist
Texas A&M University System
Cary, North Carolina, United States
Alexandra E. Cowan-Pyle, Ph.D., joined Texas A&M University in June 2022 and currently serves as a Research Scientist in the Department of Nutrition with a specialization in Nutritional Epidemiology. In her present role, her work focuses on nutritional status assessment and how dietary exposures differentially impact population subgroups to provide more specific nutrition guidance for health promotion and chronic disease prevention.
Prior to her current role, Dr. Cowan-Pyle received her M.S. and her Ph.D. in Nutrition Science from Purdue University and completed an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education fellowship at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics, in the Division of NHANES, and a USDA-ARS postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture at Texas A&M. As a nutritional epidemiologist, her research is predominantly focused on assessing micronutrient exposures in relation to human health across the life course, improving quantitative methods of dietary assessment to optimize human health, and dietary supplement research. She is currently a member of the American Society of Nutrition and serves as an Editorial Board member of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Knowledge Gaps and Future Directions to Advance Research on Prenatal Health and Dietary Supplements
Monday, June 2, 2025
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Disclosure(s): Council for Responsible Nutrition: Speaker/Speaker's Bureau (Ongoing)
The Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing)
The National Pork Board: Consultant (Ongoing)
Dietary Modeling of Prenatal Dietary Supplements and Research Gaps Using NHANES Data
Monday, June 2, 2025
10:22 AM – 10:39 AM ET
Disclosure(s): Council for Responsible Nutrition: Speaker/Speaker's Bureau (Ongoing)
The Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing)
The National Pork Board: Consultant (Ongoing)
Monday, June 2, 2025
11:13 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Disclosure(s): Council for Responsible Nutrition: Speaker/Speaker's Bureau (Ongoing)
The Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing)
The National Pork Board: Consultant (Ongoing)
Monday, June 2, 2025
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET
Disclosure information not submitted.
Monday, June 2, 2025
4:05 PM – 5:00 PM ET
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