UNH Dao Research Lab

04/20/2026

Lab member, Rawan, gave a fantastic oral presentation on the perceived food environment, food insecurity, and the gut microbiome in NH Hispanic/Latino adults during the UNH Graduate Research Conference!

04/20/2026

We had three members of the Dao Lab presenting posters at the UNH Graduate Research Conference last week. Congrats on their hard work and great presentations! Lots of incredible research and networking opportunities at this year‘s conference.

11/14/2025

Thank you to our community partners for spreading the word. Please share so we can make sure families have a Turkey this November!

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11/04/2025

If you are affected by SNAP and government shutdown cuts, check out these resources | Si se ve afectado por los cortes al SNAP y el cierre del gobierno, consulte estos recursos

‼️NH Hunger Solutions-> https://www.nhhungersolutions.org/findfood
‼️Seacoastonline.com -> https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2025/11/03/seacoast-restaurants-pantries-free-food-snap-crisis/87063301007/

09/15/2025

The Dao Research Lab is investigating SNAP enrollment, nutrition, and chronic disease in New Hampshire residents in the SEEN study. Pictured, research assistants Frankie and Whitney are demonstrating their use of the Veggie Meter, which lets us measure skin carotenoids as a biomarker of fruit and vegetable intake. Carotenoids are the colorful plant compounds that can be found concentrated in our skin tissue when we eat fruits and veggies. The Veggie Meter is just one of our powerful tools we are using in the SEEN study to assess nutrition and chronic disease.

Want to learn more about the SEEN study? Check out our website at https://sites.usnh.edu/dao-lab/seen-study/

09/15/2025

08/22/2025

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gathernh_did-you-know-that-new-hampshire-nh-has-activity-7364287762830696448-W7di?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACUMz3cB9XrAvQUBm0YhIdrjFIj1qZ09zjo

Did you know that New Hampshire (NH) has one of the lowest uptake rates in the nation of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by eligible, food-insecure residents? This has harmful implications for the health and wellness of our communities as food insecurity is linked to many chroni...

05/27/2025

Last week members of the Dao Lab attended the NH Food System Statewide Gathering and learned more about the recent unveiled first-ever New Hampshire Food and Agriculture Strategic Plan!ly

05/01/2025

Rawan recently defended her dissertation proposal “Weight status through a social-ecological lens; Exploring links between food environment, social support, and the gut microbiome” and presented preliminary findings at the UNH Graduate Research Conference.

Make sure to check out Rawan‘s poster at media-gallery.unh.edu and follow the Dao Lab to learn more about this interesting topic!

Did you know social support has been shown to correlate with weight status across multiple cohort studies?

(Kamiya et al., 2010; Lee et al., 2013; Shaya et al., 2014; Wieland et al., 2020)

04/29/2025

Congratulations on excellent poster and oral presentations by our undergraduates Erica and Frankie! Frankie recieved an award for best oral presentation. 🎉