Helping nutrition professionals in the US and worldwide grow their scientific knowledge and work with clients.

Developing educational materials based on the latest science and teaching thousands of our online students on how we can reduce our risk of disease and illness though smarter nutritional and lifestyle choices.

We also conduct our own observational research on how our students at The Health Sciences Academy are able to transform their lifestyle and wellbeing through education, so we can empower them to better their own health and to inspire others to do the same.

Remember to take the best care of yourself that you can and follow Dr. Seuss’s advice: “UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”

The Health Sciences Academy

Lead Instructor and Research Scientist

University of Central Arkansas

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

Developed and taught a cancer biology course to upper level undergraduate students.

Chaminade University

Adjunct Professor

Initiated a project that examined the regulatory role of the protein Bit-1 and its function in regulating cell survival.. Since cancer cells have decreased cell death and increased survival, I am further investigating the role of this protein in pathways that are disregulated in cancer.

University of Hawaii Cancer Center

Postdoctoral Fellow

Using live cell imaging to examine HIV-1 entry through endocytosis and visualize viral-cell fusion.

Emory University

Post-doctoral Fellow

Investigate the role of the deubiquitination enzyme USP17 on regulating small GTPase function, and the subsequent effects on cell growth, migration and endocytosis.

Queen's University Belfast

Involved in the high-throughput screening of compounds to determine which of those fail to activate the Fanconi Anemia/BRCA2 DNA repair pathway post DNA damage.

Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center

Research Technician

Assisted post-doctoral fellows in the lab examining hypertension susceptibility genes in the study of hypertensive renal disease and cardiac hypertrophy.

Boston University School of Medicine

As part of my undergraduate work I was involved in two projects. 1. Screening sex of endangered species of bird, the Roseate Tern, Sterna dougalli, to determine the genetic mating system and monitor possible future direction of the species. 2. Determining the effects of deforestation through genetic diversity of red oak, Quercus rubra, in old growth forests.

Michelle de la Vega