Personal website for Stephanie Wilson, PhD
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Research Interests
Chronic Disease Prevention, Dietary Bioactives, Host-Associated Microbiomes
PhD Individual Interdisciplinary (Nutrition emphasis), 2022
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Dissertation: Diet-Induced Alterations to Postprandial Metabolism and the Gut Microbiota
Certificate in Applied Statistics: 2020
MS Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, 2018
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Thesis: Post-prandial serum concentrations of trimethylamine-N-oxide in overweight and obese adults with low and high systemic inflammation
BS Exercise Science, 2013
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Postdoctoral Fellow, June 2025 - Present
University of California, Davis (UCD), Davis, CA
USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center (WHNRC), Davis, CA
Principal Investigator: Dr. Danielle G. Lemay, USDA-ARS WHNRC
Postdoctoral Fellow, August 2022 - May 2025
Texas A&M Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture, College Station, TX
USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center (WHNRC), Davis, CA
Principal Investigator: Dr. Danielle G. Lemay, USDA-ARS WHNRC
Graduate Researcher and Project Manager, 2016 - 2022
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mary P. Miles
Chamberlin, M.L., Peach, J.T., Wilson, S.M.G., Miller, Z.T., Bothner, B., Walk, S.T., Yeoman, C.J., Miles, M.P. Polyphenol-rich Aronia melanocarpa fruit beneficially impact cholesterol, glucose, and serum and gut metabolites: a randomized clinical trial. Foods. doi:10.3390/foods13172768
Wilson, S.M.G., Oliver, A., Larke, J.A., Naveja J.J., Alkan Z., Awika J.M., Stephensen C.B., Lemay D.G. (2024). Fine-scale Dietary Polyphenol Intake is Associated with Systemic and Gastrointestinal Inflammation in Healthy Adults. The Journal of Nutrition. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.08.010
Bouzid, Y.Y., Wilson, S.M.G., Alkan, Z., Stephensen, C.B., Lemay, D.G. (2024). Lower Diet Quality Associated with Subclinical Gastrointestinal Inflammation in Healthy U.S. Adults. The Journal of Nutrition. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.02.030
Chamberlin, M.L., Wilson, S.M.G., Gaston, M.E., Kuo, W., Miles, M.P. (2024). Twelve Weeks of Daily Lentil Consumption Improves Fasting Cholesterol and Postprandial Glucose and Inflammatory Responses - A Randomized Clinical Trial. Nutrients. doi: 10.3390/nu16030419
Wilson, S.M.G.†, Peach, J.T.†, Fausset, H., Miller, Z.T, Walk, S.T., Yeoman, C.J., Bothner, B., Miles, M.P. (2023). Metabolic Impact of Polyphenol-rich Aronia Fruit Juice Mediated by Inflammation Status of Gut Microbiome Donors in Humanized Mouse Model. Frontiers in Nutrition. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1244692 †first authorship shared
Wilson, S.M.G., Peterson, E.J., Gaston, M.E., Kuo, W., and Miles, M.P. (2022). Eight weeks of lentil consumption attenuates insulin resistance progression without increased gastrointestinal symptom severity - A Randomized Clinical Trial. Nutrition Research. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2022.08.002
Wilson, S.M., Maes, A.P., Walk, S.T., Yeoman, C.J., and Miles, M.P. (2021). Determinants of the postprandial triglyceride response to a high-fat meal in healthy overweight and obese adults. Lipids in Health and Disease. 20(1), 107. doi: 10.1186/s12944-021-01543-4
Peach, J.T., Wilson, S.M., Gunderson L.D., Frothingham, L., , Tran, T., Walk, S.T., Yeoman, C.J., Bothner, B., and Miles, M.P. (2021). Temporal metabolic response yields a dynamic biosignature of inflammation. iScience. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102817
Miles, M.P, Wilson, S, and Yeoman, C.J. (2019). Physical Activity and Inflammation Phenotype Conversion. Journal of Clinical Exercise Physiology: June 2019. doi: 10.31189/2165-6193-8.2.64
Recent 1st Author Presentations Listed. Additional conference presentations listed here: Primary Author and Co-authored.
Wilson, S.M.G., Oliver, A., Awika, J.M., Alkan, Z. Stephensen, C.B., Kable, M.E., Lemay, D.G. Dietary polyphenol intake is associated with an altered gut microbiome and lower gastrointestinal inflammation and permeability. Oral presentation to 2024 Aegean Conference on Precision Nutrition and Metabolism. Ioannina, Greece.
Wilson, S.M.G., Larke, J.A., Oliver, A., Alkan, Z., Awika, J.M., Stephensen, C.B., Kable, M.E., Lemay, D.G. Mapping Dietary Data to FooDB Reveals Associations between Polyphenol Intake and Gastrointestinal Inflammation in Healthy Adults. Oral presentation to 2024 National Nutrient Databank Conference. Ottawa, Canada.
Wilson, S.M.G., Chamberlin, M.L., Walk, S.T., Yeoman, C.J., Miles, M.P. Consumption of Whole Green Lentils Alters Gut Microbial Composition in Metabolically At-Risk Adults. Oral Session (Nutritional Microbiology) at NUTRITION 2025. Orlando, FL, USA.
Wilson, S.M.G., Oliver, A., Alkan, Z., Patil, B., Stephensen, C.B., Kable, M.E., Lemay, D.G. Association Between Dietary Polyphenol Intake and Polyphenol-Utilizing Bacteria in Healthy Adults. Oral Session (Postdoctoral Award Competition) and Poster Theater Flash Session (Dietary Bioactive Components) at NUTRITION 2025. Orlando, FL, USA.
Wilson, S.M.G., Oliver, A., and Lemay, D.G. Dietary Polyphenol Intake and Gastrointestinal Inflammation: An Application of Machine Learning. Oral Presentation at USDA Artificial Intelligence Forum. November 20, 2024. College Station, TX, USA.
Wilson, S.M.G., Oliver, A., Awika, J.M., Alkan, Z. Stephensen, C.B., Lemay, D.G. Differences in Dietary Polyphenol Intake Are Associated with Altered Gut Microbiome in Healthy U.S. Adults. Oral Session (Polyphenols: Metabolism and Health) and Poster Session (Dietary Bioactive Components) presented at NUTRITION 2024. Chicago, IL, USA.
Wilson, S.M.G., Larke, J.A., Naveja, J.J., Awika, J.M., Stephensen, C.B., Lemay, D.G. Dietary Intake and Food Contributors of Polyphenols in Healthy U.S. Adults: An Application of the FooDB Database. Oral Session (Big Data and -Omics in Bioactives Research) and Poster Session (Dietary Bioactive Components) presented at NUTRITION 2023. Boston, MA, USA.
Wilson, S.M., Vella, C.A., and Miles, M.P. Impact of Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity and Visceral Adiposity on Postprandial Triglycerides in Metabolically At-Risk Adults. Thematic poster presentation at the 2022 ACSM Annual Meeting and World Congresses. San Diego, CA, USA.
* indicates mentee for National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) presentation