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Ayodeji Adepoju, PhD (he/him/his)

Postdoctoral research fellow
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, Missouri, United States

I am a Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. I completed my PhD in Biochemistry from Adeleke University, Nigeria where I studied the effects of garlic on feeding behavior and oxidative stress in high fat diet-fed Drosophila melanogaster; MSc in Chemical Pathology and bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria. My current research examines how almond consumption modulates immune health in adults with obesity. This research focuses on dietary interventions aimed at reducing inflammation in adipose tissue and examining the immune response to the ex vivo stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) with microbial endotoxins. It lays the groundwork for my future independent career in precision health, where I will employ translational approaches to understand how dietary components and their metabolites modulate immune and inflammatory pathways. Given that chronic inflammation is a key precursor to cardiometabolic diseases, dietary strategies have the potential to serve as therapeutic interventions to lower disease risk and improve metabolic health. As a result, I am also contributing to an NIH R00-funded project examining the effects of a MED diet on inflammation-related gene expression, microbiome composition, and examining their associations with metabolic health. This project not only assesses the overall impact of the dietary pattern but also investigates the roles of specific dietary components, such as polyphenols, fiber, and healthy fats, in contributing to observed health outcomes. By working on this project, I am gaining insights into how these individual components regulate inflammatory and cardiometabolic pathways and interact with the microbiome

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