Nancy E. Moran, PhD
Nancy E. Moran, PhD is an assistant professor in the USDA/Agricultural Research Service Children’s Nutrition Research Center in the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, USA. Moran (formerly Engelmann) has been studying the nutritional aspects of carotenoids since 2005, with research accomplishments of testing the use of skin carotenoid biomarkers in infants, children, and adults; elucidating carotenoid-gene interactions on carotenoid metabolisms and bioactivity; human and animal carotenoid pharmacokinetics; and describing cancer preventive activities of tomato carotenoids. She has published 30 peer-reviewed articles on carotenoids in nutrition.
Moran earned a bachelor’s of science in Molecular and Cellular Biology (Univ. of Illinois), a doctorate in Nutritional Sciences, (Univ. of Illinois, mentor, JW Erdman, PhD), and completed postdoctoral training at the Ohio State Univ. Comprehensive Cancer Center (mentor, SK Clinton, MD, PhD). For her research accomplishments, she was awarded the Mary Swartz Rose Young Investigator award from the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) (2021), the Young Alumni Award from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences of the University of Illinois (2020), and a Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) from the National Institutes of Health (2015), in addition to other research presentation awards.
Moran has been an active member of the carotenoid research community since 2006 and has been a member of the International Carotenoid Society (ICS) since 2014. She has routinely participated in the Gordon Carotenoid Research Conferences since 2007, and has annually participated in Carotenoid and Retinoid Interactive Group (CARIG) symposium and activities of ASN, an extension of ICS, since 2006. She served as chair of CARIG in 2019, leading a half-day ICS/ASN Symposium on carotenoids in early-life nutrition, and proposed a special collection of articles on this topic for Current Developments in Nutrition, published in 2020. She continues to serve as CARIG treasurer.
Moran would be honored to serve the international carotenoid research community as a member of the ICS Council. As a member of the ICS Council, Moran would serve as a liaison to CARIG, an affiliate of the ICS. She would also support the conduct and dissemination of rigorous and impactful, transdisciplinary research by the international carotenoid research community through conference activities and proceedings. She would further support this mission through routine engagement with the current membership and through outreach to new members. Lastly, believes another critical role of ICS is to support the retention of a diverse and robust carotenoid scientific workforce for tomorrow, which is accomplished by providing opportunities to early-career scientists.