Welcoming New Lab Members – Spring 2026

New to the lab this spring are PhD students Hannah Lamar and Diana Kolb (DK), research scientist Lilian Ademu, and undergraduate students Arshi Islam and Liliana Mandujano!

Hannah (top left) is a first-year PhD student joining our lab this semester. She holds a bachelor's degree in nutrition from Texas A&M and is passionate about integrating endocrinology, metabolism, and nutrition, particularly related to reproductive health. ​​ She originally joined the Vanden Brink lab as a Research Assistant after graduating from Texas A&M.

Diana (top middle) is also a first-year PhD student in our lab. She holds both bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of North Texas, where her graduate research focused on bone mineral density and eating disorder risk among collegiate athletes with and without indicators of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs). Her research aims to investigate polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) using CGM-based methods, and she is passionate about integrating exercise, neurophysiological, and nutritional approaches to advance understanding of adolescent metabolic health.

Lilian (top right) is a part of our lab staff as a research scientist, whose research lies at the intersection of policy, systems, and environments to understand how policy and structural factors shape population health. Lilian completed her BSc. and MSc. in Microbiology at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria. She earned her Ph.D. in Public Policy with a Health Policy Focus at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She completed postdoctoral research at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center in El Paso, Texas.

Arshi (bottom left) is a sophomore Biomedical Sciences major and Nutrition minor on the pre-med track. She is interested in how lifestyle factors such as nutrition impact reproductive development. Arshi contributes to the lab through data entry of daily surveys for the NORAH-CGM study.

Liliana (bottom middle) is a senior Biomedical Sciences major at Texas A&M. She is passionate about the connection between PCOS and nutrition during adolescence and how these factors impact overall health. She contributes to the lab by entering data from daily surveys for the NORAH CGM study.