Maria Carlota Dao

faculty

Maria Carlota Dao

Assistant Professor
Headshot of UNH graduate program coordinator Maria Carlota Dao
Contact
Carlota.Dao@unh.edu
Kendall Hall, Room 107, Durham, NH 03824
(603) 862-4723

Courses Taught

  • ANFS 999: Doctoral Research
  • BMS 799H: Senior Honors Thesis
  • NUTR 720/820: Community Nutrition
  • NUTR 799H: Honors Senior Thesis
  • NUTR 927: Nutr Gut Micr
  • NUTR 961: Research Methods Nutr II

Education

  • Ph.D., Tufts University
  • M.A., Tufts University
  • B.A., Boston University

Research Interests

  • Health Disparities
  • Malnutrition
  • Microbiome
  • Nutritional Physiology
  • Obesity

Selected Publications

  • Zheng, L., Aytur, S. A., Mena, N. Z., Koch, P. A., Dao, M. C., Bigornia, S. J., . . . Bruce, A. (2026). Exploring Cultural Food Security and Dietary Acculturation Among Congolese Immigrants Living in the Northeastern U.S.: A Photovoice Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 23(10), 1313. doi:10.3390/ijerph23101313

  • Bodenrader, A., Sotres-Alvarez, D., Dao, M. C., Scott, T. M., Aytur, S. A., Noel, S. E., . . . Bigornia, S. J. (2026). Dairy Products Are Not Adversely Associated with Depressive Symptoms over 6 Years in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.. Nutrients, 18(11). doi:10.3390/nu18111805

  • Poulimeneas, D., Anastasiou, C. A., Vlachogianni, E. -E., Charokopou, A., Bitsa, M., Das, S. K., . . . International Weight Control Registry Research Group. (2025). A pilot study on traditional vs. digital self-administered questionnaire completion in the International Weight Control Registry.. Clin Nutr ESPEN, 67, 174-177. doi:10.1016/j.clnesp.2025.03.015

  • Gerber, S., Silver, R. E., Das, S. K., Greene, S. S., Dix, S. R., Ramirez, I., . . . Roberts, S. B. (2024). Development and Feasibility of an eHealth Diabetes Prevention Program Adapted for Older Adults-Results from a Randomized Control Pilot Study.. Nutrients, 16(7). doi:10.3390/nu16070930

  • Lewis, E. D., Ortega, E. F., Dao, M. C., Barger, K., Mason, J. B., Leong, J. M., . . . Combs, G. F. (2024). Corrigendum: Safe and effective delivery of supplemental iron to healthy adults: a two-phase, randomized, double-blind trial - the safe iron study.. Front Nutr, 11, 1376599. doi:10.3389/fnut.2024.1376599

  • Molinaro, A., Bel Lassen, P., Henricsson, M., Wu, H., Adriouch, S., Belda, E., . . . Bäckhed, F. (2020). Imidazole propionate is increased in diabetes and associated with dietary patterns and altered microbial ecology.. Nat Commun, 11(1), 5881. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19589-w

  • Vieira-Silva, S., Falony, G., Belda, E., Nielsen, T., Aron-Wisnewsky, J., Chakaroun, R., . . . Raes, J. (2020). Statin therapy is associated with lower prevalence of gut microbiota dysbiosis.. Nature, 581(7808), 310-315. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2269-x

  • Aron-Wisnewsky, J., Prifti, E., Belda, E., Ichou, F., Kayser, B. D., Dao, M. C., . . . Clément, K. (2019). Major microbiota dysbiosis in severe obesity: fate after bariatric surgery.. Gut, 68(1), 70-82. doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2018-316103

  • Flandroy, L., Poutahidis, T., Berg, G., Clarke, G., Dao, M. -C., Decaestecker, E., . . . Rook, G. (2018). The impact of human activities and lifestyles on the interlinked microbiota and health of humans and of ecosystems.. Sci Total Environ, 627, 1018-1038. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.288

  • Dao, M. C., Everard, A., Aron-Wisnewsky, J., Sokolovska, N., Prifti, E., Verger, E. O., . . . Clément, K. (2016). Akkermansia muciniphila and improved metabolic health during a dietary intervention in obesity: relationship with gut microbiome richness and ecology.. Gut, 65(3), 426-436. doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2014-308778