Andrew Neilson
Bio
Dr. Neilson’s research focuses on the interactions between dietary phytochemicals (particularly flavonoids) and the gut microbiome, and how these interactions influence human health. Of specific interest are the bioactivities of microbial metabolites produced when the gut microbiome metabolizes unabsorbed dietary components. Specific health areas of interest include gut health and metabolic syndrome. Additionally, Dr. Neilson is investigating how individual genetic variability influences the efficacy of dietary phytochemicals for improvement of gut health and metabolic syndrome. Prior to joining PHHI, Dr. Neilson spent 7.5 years as a faculty member at Virginia Tech.
Education
PhD Food Science Purdue University
BS Food Science Brigham Young University
Publications
- Establishing reliable blood biomarkers for trimethylamine N-oxide status in rodents: Effects of oral choline challenge, dietary choline and fasting conditions , JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY (2025)
- Gut microbes metabolize strawberry phytochemicals and mediate their beneficial effects on vascular inflammation , Gut Microbes (2025)
- Identification and functional characterization of BAHD acyltransferases associated with anthocyanin acylation in blueberry , HORTICULTURE RESEARCH (2025)
- Cocoa and Polyphenol‐Rich Cocoa Fractions Fail to Improve Acute Colonic Inflammation in Dextran Sulfate Sodium‐Treated Mice , Molecular Nutrition & Food Research (2024)
- Phenotype variability in diet-induced obesity and response to (−)-epigallocatechin gallate supplementation in a Diversity Outbred mouse cohort: A model for exploring gene x diet interactions for dietary bioactives , Nutrition Research (2024)
- The high-fat diet and low-dose streptozotocin type-2 diabetes model induces hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance in male but not female C57BL/6J mice , Nutrition Research (2024)
- Bioavailable Microbial Metabolites of Flavanols Demonstrate Highly Individualized Bioactivity on In Vitro & beta;-Cell Functions Critical for Metabolic Health , METABOLITES (2023)
- Blueberry intervention mitigates detrimental microbial metabolite trimethylamine N‐oxide by modulating gut microbes , BioFactors (2023)
- Dietary phenolics and their microbial metabolites are poor inhibitors of trimethylamine oxidation to trimethylamine N-oxide by hepatic flavin monooxygenase 3 , JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY (2023)
- Dietary phenolics and their microbial metabolites are poor inhibitors of trimethylamine oxidation to trimethylamine N-oxide by hepatic flavin monooxygenase 3 , (2023)