Expert Profile

Michelle Cardel

Senior Director, Global Clinical Research & Nutrition Ww International, Inc; Adjunct Professor, Department Of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics; Associate Director, Center For Integrative Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease

PH-PHARM OUTCOMES & POLICY | COLLEGE-PHARMACY

Research Terms & Keywords

Research Terms

Epidemiology

Research Projects

Ends

Title

06-2024

MDA Care Center MDA Care Center

03-2024

Phentermine/tOpiramate to end Obesity and Uric acid stones Trial (POuND OUT) Phentermine/tOpiramate to end Obesity and Uric acid stones Trial (POuND OUT)

05-2021

Acceptance-Based Therapy Weight Loss Intervention for Adolescents: A Pilot, Randomized Controlled Trial Acceptance-Based Therapy Weight Loss Intervention for Adolescents: A Pilot, Randomized Controlled Trial

12-2020

Miscellaneous Donors Wellcare Miscellaneous Donors Wellcare

12-2020

Miscellaneous Donors Wellcare Miscellaneous Donors Wellcare

12-2020

CTSI CTSI

12-2020

CTSI CTSI

12-2020

CTSI CTSI

04-2020

An Ethnicity-Specific MetS Severity Score to Assess Risk: The Jackson Heart An Ethnicity-Specific MetS Severity Score to Assess Risk: The Jackson Heart

Degrees

R.D., Dietetic Internship

University of Alabama Birmingham ▪ 2012
Ph.D., Nutrition Sciences

University of Alabama Birmingham ▪ 2012
M.S., Clinical Nutrition

University of Alabama Birmingham ▪ 2009
B.S., Biological Sciences, Minor in Chemistry

Florida State University ▪ 2005

Awards & Honors

Grand Prize for Young Minority Investigators Award at Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts

American Society for Nutrition ▪ 2015
Selected for Nutrition Leadership Institute

The Dannon Institute ▪ 2013
Ethan Sims Young Investigator Award, Finalist

The Obesity Society ▪ 2012
UAB President's Diversity Graduate Student Award

University of Alabama Birmingham ▪ 2012
Outstanding Woman UAB Graduate Student Award

University of Alabama Birmingham ▪ 2011
Compass Bank Endowed Scholarship in Graduate Education for Community Service and Academic Excellence

University of Alabama Birmingham ▪ 2010
Charles Barkley Young Investigator Award

University of Alabama Birmingham Minority Health Research Center ▪ 2009
Charles Barkley Young Investigator Award

University of Alabama Birmingham Minority Health Research Center ▪ 2008

Publications

Cardel M, Chavez S, Bian J, Penaranda E, Miller D, Huo T, Modave F. (2016). Accuracy of weight loss information in Spanish search engine results on the Internet. Obesity. Accepted.
Lemas DJ, Yee S, Cacho N, Miller D, Cardel M, Gurka M, Janicke D, Shenkman E. (2016). Exploring the contribution of maternal antibiotics and breastfeeding to development of the infant microbiome and pediatric obesity. Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine. In Press.
Cardel MI, Johnson SL, Beck J, Dhurandhar EJ, Keita AD, Tomczik AC, Pavela G, Huo T, Janicke D, Muller K, Piff P, Peters JC, Hill JO, Allison DB. (2016). The effects of experimentally manipulated social status on acute eating behavior: A randomized, crossover pilot study. Physiology & Behavior. 162:93-101. PMID: 27094920
Peters JC, Beck J, Lande J, Pan Z, Cardel M, Ayoob K, Hill JO. (2016). Using healthy defaults in Walt Disney World restaurants to improve nutritional choices. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research. 1(1):92-103.
Cardel M, Lemas DL, Jackson KH, Friedman JE, Fernandez JR. (2015). Higher intake of PUFAs is associated with lower total and visceral adiposity and higher lean mass in a racially diverse sample of children. Journal of Nutrition. 145(9):2146-52. PMID: 26269238
Prado WL, Lofrano-Prado MC, Oyama LM, Cardel M, Gomes PP, Andrade MS, Balagopal PB, Hill JO. (2015). Effect of a 12-week low vs. high intensity aerobic exercise training on appetite-regulating hormones in obese adolescents: a randomized exercise intervention study. Pediatric Exercise Science. 27(4):510-17.
Duarte CW, Klimentidis YC, Harris JJ, Cardel M, Fernandez JR. (2015). Discovery of phenotypic networks from genotypic association studies with application to obesity. International Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics. 12(2):129-43.
Kell K, Cardel M, Brown BB, Fernandez JR. (2014). Added sugars in the diet are positively associated with diastolic blood pressure and triglycerides in children. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 100(1):46-52. PMID: 24717340
Dhurandhar EJ, Dawson J, Alcorn A, Hingstrup L, Thomas E, Cardel M, Bourland A, Astrup A, St-Onge MP, Hill JO, Apovian C, Shikany J, Allison DB. (2014). The effectiveness of breakfast recommendations on weight loss: a randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 100(2):507-13. PMID: 24898236
Cardel M, Willig A, Dulin-Keita A, Casazza K, Cherrington A, Gunnarsdottir T, Johnson SL, Hill JO, Allison DB, Fernandez JR. (2013). Home-schooled children are thinner, leaner, and report better diets relative to traditionally-schooled children. Obesity. 22(2):497-503. PMID: 24039204
Cardel M, Willig A, Casazza K, Dulin-Keita A, Fernandez JR. (2012). Parental feeding practices and socioeconomic status are associated with child adiposity in a multi-ethnic sample of children. Appetite. 58(1):347-53. PMID: 22100186
Casazza K, Cardel M, Hanks LJ, Newton A, Dulin-Keita A. (2012). A trial of reduced carbohydrate diet to improve metabolic outcomes and decrease adiposity in obese peripubertal African American girls: does macronutrient profile matter? Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition. 54(3):336-42. PMID: 22067112
Cardel M, Higgins PB, Willig AL, Keita AD, Casazza K, Gower BA, Fernandez JR. (2011). African genetic admixture is associated with body composition and fat distribution in a cross-sectional study of children. International Journal of Obesity (Lond). 35:60-65. PMID: 20877287
Cardel M, Dulin-Keita A, Casazza K. (2011). Contributors to pediatric obesity in adolescence: more than just energy imbalance. The Open Obesity Journal. 3:17-26. PMID: 24563683
Duarte CW, Klimentidis YC, Harris JJ, Cardel M, Fernandez JR. (2011). A hybrid Bayesian network/structural equation (BN/SEM) modeling approach for detecting physiological networks for obesity-related genetic variants. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics & Biomedicine, 696-702. PMID: 22318170
Hanks LJ, Casazza K, Willig AL, Cardel M, Beasley TM, Fernandez JR. (2010). Associations among calcium intake, resting energy expenditure, and body fat in a multiethnic sample of children. Journal of Pediatrics. 157:473-78. PMID: 2040009