Kelly Robert Walsh
Adjunct Associate Professor
Email: kerwalsh@iu.edu
Address: 1025 E. 7th St.
Department: Applied Health Science
A.A.S. Cayuga Community College 1995
B.S. The Ohio State University 2000
Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist The Ohio State University 2002-present
Ph.D. The Ohio State University 2006
M.B.A. University of Evansville 2012
C.S.C.R. Drexel University College of Medicine 2018
- President and Founder, Walsh Nutrition Solutions, LLC., Newburgh, IN 2022-present
- R&D Director, Global Nutrition Science, Mead Johnson Nutrition, Evansville, IN 2019-2022
- R&D Director, Clinical Research, Mead Johnson Nutrition, Evansville, IN 2016-2019
- Associate Director, North America Nutrition Science, Mead Johnson Nutrition, Evansville, IN 2013-2016
- Alumni Award of Distinction, The Ohio State University, College of Education and Human Ecology, 2017
- Fellow, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2013-present
- Member, American Society of Nutrition, 2006-present
Research Interests
- Pediatric nutrition with an emphasis on premature infant nutrition and metabolism.
- Digestion and bioavailability of dietary constituents.
Walsh KR, Zhang YC, Vodovotz Y, Schwartz SJ, Failla ML. Stability and bioaccessibility of isoflavones from soy bread during in vitro digestion. J Agric Food Chem. 2003;51:4603-9.
Failla ML, Chitchumronchokchai C, Walsh KR. Bioavailability of b-Carotene. Proc. International Symposium on Biotechnology for Food and Nutritional Security. 2004;145-162.
Walsh KR, Haak SJ, Bohn T, Tian Q, Schwartz SJ, Failla ML. Isoflavonoid glucosides are deconjugated and absorbed in the small intestine of human subjects with ileostomies. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007;85(4):1050-6.
Walsh KR, Haak SJ, Fastinger ND, Bohn T, Tian Q, Mahan DC, Schwartz SJ, Failla ML. Gastrointestinal absorption and metabolism of soy isoflavonoids in ileal-canulated swine. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2009;53:277-86.
Walsh KR, Failla ML. Transport and bioconversion of equol by Caco-2 human intestinal cells. J Agr Food Chem. 2009;57:8297-302.
Moya F, Sisk PM, Walsh KR, Berseth CL. A new liquid human milk fortifier and linear growth in preterm infants. Pediatrics. 2012;130(4):e928-e935. doi: peds.2011-3120.
Bailey ADL, Fulgoni III VL, Shah N, Patterson AC, Gutierrez-Orozco F, Mathews RS, Walsh KR. Nutrient Intake Adequacy from Food and Beverage Intake of US Children Aged 1-6 Years from NHANES 2001-2016. Nutrients. 2021; 13(3):827.
Fabrizio V, Harris CL, Walsh KR, Wampler JL, Zhuang W, Wu SS. Softer more frequent stools in infants with difficult stooling fed hydrolyzed protein formula with added prebiotics: Randomized Controlled Trial. Front Pediatr. 2022 May 31;10:894626.