Open Research and Contributor Identifier ORCID - 0000-0003-4400-4428

Department Applied Health Science

Education

• B.S. in Biochemistry  University of Saskatchewan  1990
• Ph.D. in Nutrition and Metabolism  University of Alberta  1998

Background

Position/Grant/Award/etc.

• ThinkHealthy Group - Bioavailability of Magnesium Formulations
• Indiana University, Office of the Vice Provost for Research - Conducting High-Quality Clinical Nutrition Trials with a Research Metabolic Kitchen
• Fulbright Research Scholar—Ireland 2019–2020
• Chair—Vitamin and Mineral Research Interest Section—American Society for Nutrition—2017–2018
• Pilot and Feasibility Award, Indiana University Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disease—2019–2020

Courses Currently/Recently Taught

• Micronutrient Metabolism
• Nutrition Assessment

Scholarly Interest

The major focus of Dr. Gletsu Miller's laboratory is to study nutritional status in obesity and following weight loss intervention.

• Nutritional interventions targeting obesity-related disease
• Nutrition after bariatric surgery
• Nutrient bioavailability
• Prevention of type 2 diabetes in adolescents

Selected Publications

Articles

Wagner, K, A., Armah, S, M., Smith, L.G., Pike, J., Tu, W., Campbell, W.W., Boushey, C.J., Hannon, T.S., Gletsu-Miller, N. (2016) Associations between diet behaviors and measures of glycemia, in a clinical setting in obese adolescents. Epub, Childhood Obesity. 12(5):341-347

Wagner KA, Braun E, Armah SM, Horan D, Smith LG, Pike J, Tu W, Hamilton MT, Delp EJ, Campbell WW, Boushey, CJ, Hannon, TS, and Gletsu-Miller, N. (2017): Dietary Intervention for Glucose tolerance In Teens (DIG IT): Protocol of a randomized controlled trial using health coaching to prevent youth-onset type 2 diabetes. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 53:171-177

Mischler RA, Armah SM, Craig BA, Rosen AD, Banerjee A, Selzer DJ, Choi JN, Gletsu-Miller N. (2018) Comparison of oral iron supplement formulations for normalization of iron status following roux-en-y gastric bypass surgery: a randomized trial. Obes Surg 28(2):369-377; doi: 10.1007/s11695-017-2858-4

Mangan, A, le Roux, CW, Miller, NG, Docherty, NG. (2018) Iron and vitamin D/calcium deficiency after gastric bypass: Mechanisms involved and strategies to improve oral supplement disposition. Current Drug Metabolism doi: 10.2174/1389200219666181026160242

Musselman, D, Shenvi, N, Manatunga, A, Miller, AH, Lin, E, Gletsu-Miller, N. (2019) The effects of roux en y gastric bypass surgery on neurobehavioral symptom domains associated with severe obesity. Phys Behav. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.02.013

Gletsu-Miller, N., Shevni, N., Manatunga, A., Lin, E., Musselman, D. (2019) A multidimensional analysis of the longitudinal effects of roux en y gastric bypass on fatigue: An association with visceral obesity. Phys Behav doi.org/10.1016/j.phybeh.2019.112612

Zhan, J., Wallace, T.C., Butts, S.J., Cao, S., Ansu, V., Spence, L.A., Weaver, C.M.,Gletsu-Miller, N.

Circulating Ionized Magnesium as a Measure of Supplement Bioavailability: Results from a Pilot Study for Randomized Clinical Trial.

Nutrients, 12, 1245, 2020; doi:10.3390/nu12051245

Armah S, Ferruzzi MG, Gletsu-Miller N.

Feasibility of Mass-Spectrometry to Lower Cost and Blood Volume Requirements for Assessment of B Vitamins in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery. Metabolites, 2020;10(6). doi: 10.3390/metabo10060240.