Bio

Dr. Camila Akemi Sakaguchi Olson serves as Senior Research Scientist at the Plants for Human Health Institute under the directorship of Dr. Slavko Komarnytsky. In this role, she advances the lab’s scientific programs by designing and executing complex clinical and analytical protocols. Her research investigates nutrition solutions as countermeasures to exercise-induced and obesity-induced immune dysfunction, inflammation, illness and oxidative stress using multi-omics platforms, physiological assessments and biochemical assays.

Publications

• Sports Nutrition , Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability (2027)
• Association of physical activity with cardiovascular autonomic modulation and the serum metabolome in healthy men , Scientific Reports (2026)
• Exogenous myrosinase from mustard seed increases bioavailability of sulforaphane from a glucoraphanin-rich broccoli seed extract in a randomized clinical study , Scientific Reports (2026)
• Betaine Supplementation Improves 60 km Cycling Time Trial Performance and One-Carbon Metabolism in Cyclists During Recovery , Nutrients (2025)
• Betaine Supplementation Improves 60-km Cycling Time Trial Performance and One-Carbon Metabolism in Cyclists During Recovery , Preprints.org (2025)
• Gut Prevotella copri abundance linked to elevated post-exercise inflammation , Journal of Sport and Health Science (2025)
• Multi-omics signature of healthy versus unhealthy lifestyles reveals associations with diseases , Human Genomics (2025)
• Selective Influence of Hemp Fiber Ingestion on Post-Exercise Gut Permeability: A Metabolomics-Based Analysis , Preprints.org (2025)
• Selective Influence of Hemp Fiber Ingestion on Post-Exercise Gut Permeability: A Metabolomics-Based Analysis , Nutrients (2025)
• A Multiomics Evaluation of the Countermeasure Influence of 4-Week Cranberry Beverage Supplementation on Exercise-Induced Changes in Innate Immunity , Nutrients (2024)