Richard Bruno PhD, RD

Dr. Richard S. Bruno, PhD, RD, is a Professor at The Ohio State University. He is the director of the master of human nutrition graduate program and director of the Bionutrition Core Laboratory. He is a nutritional biochemist and registered dietitian with expertise in the areas of phytochemical metabolism and function in relation to oxidative distress responses that provoke cardiometabolic risk in humans. He is a Professor of Human Nutrition and serves as the Director of the Bionutrition Core Laboratory.

His research interest is in the bioavailability of antioxidants and phytochemicals; anti-inflammatory mechanisms of green tea, vitamin E, and functional foods acting along the gut-liver axis to improve cardiometabolic health including obesity, metabolic syndrome, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis fatty liver disease, and vascular endothelial function.