What We Do

Dr. Chun’s long term research interest is in the area of dietary and lifestyle factors and their impact on chronic diseases with emphasis on prevention and risk reduction. For this goal, her research focuses on the following four areas: 1) nutritional assessment of nationally representative population and populations at high risk; 2) development and validation of dietary total antioxidant capacity (TAC) as a tool for assessing antioxidant intake status and application for predicting chronic disease risk such as CVD and cancers; 3) human intervention studies to evaluate the role dietary behaviors (e.g., dietary antioxidants, dietary supplements, beverage consumption) in reducing disease risk and improving health and well-being; and 4) implementation of community-based nutrition interventions with personalized nutrition education enhanced with digital food and nutrition literacy in underserved populations.