Shirin Hooshmand PhD

Shirin Hooshmand, PhD is currently an Associate Professor of nutrition at the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences at San Diego State University (SDSU). She received her PhD from the Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences at Florida State University where she studied the bone reversal effects of plants bioactive compounds. She completed her postdoctoral training at the Florida State University working in the area of nutrition, bone and cartilage. Her current research interests include bone and calcium metabolism, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis, and functional foods. She has served as an ad hoc reviewer for the USDA's small business innovation research (SBIR) grants for Food Science and Nutrition program. She has published 25 original articles in peer reviewed journals and presented more than 40 abstracts in national and international symposiums. She has received Graduate Women in Science Fellowship from Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) and Graduate Research and Creativity Award from Florida State University.