I'm from:
Manhattan Beach, CA
What brought me here:
I came to UC Berkeley for my undergraduate education in the Nutritional Sciences department where I earned my B.S. in Nutritional Sciences: Physiology and Metabolism. During my undergrad years I volunteered with Dr. Sharon Fleming on a nutrition intervention program for overweight and obese African-American and Latino children in Oakland. I also joined the Hellerstein lab as a research assistant where I helped graduate students in their projects primarily using stable isotope labeling to measure in vivo rates of biomolecule flux and cell proliferation in models of longevity such as calorie restriction (CR). After graduating, I continued my work in the Hellerstein lab as a lab technician for two years. Between my own experiences in the department and through working closely with current graduate students I knew continuing my research and education at Berkeley was a perfect fit.
Current stage in program:
2nd year Metabolic Biology, Dan Nomura Lab
Outside of lab I love:
Traveling, crossword puzzles, step aerobics, and watching football.
Publications
Roberts LS, Sharma S, Hudes ML, and Fleming SE. "Nutrition and Physical Activity Knowledge Assessment: Development of Questionnaires and Evaluation of Reliability in African American and Latino Children." Journal of Child Nutrition and Management, 2012. Sharma S, Roberts LS, Hudes ML, and Fleming SE. "Food Preferences Assessment: Development of a Questionnaire and Evaluation of Reliability in African American and Latino Children from low socio economic area." Journal of Food and Nutrition Science, 2012. Sharma S, Roberts LS, Lustig RH & Fleming SE. "Carbohydrate intakes and cardio metabolic risk factors in high BMI African American children." Nutrition & Metabolism 2010 7:10 doi: 10.1186/1743-7065-7-10. Sharma S, Roberts LS, Hudes ML, Lustig RH & Fleming SE. "Macronutrient intakes and cardio metabolic risk factors in high BMI African American children." Nutrition & Metabolism 2009, 6:41 doi: 10.1186/1173-7064-6-41. Price JC, Cyrus F. Khambatta, Kelvin W. Li, Matthew D. Bruss, Mahalakshmi Shankaran, Marcy Dalidd, Nicholas A. Floreani, Lindsay S. Roberts, Scott M. Turner, William E. Holmes, and Marc K. Hellerstein. "The effect of long-term calorie restriction on hepatic proteostasis and mitochondrial dynamics in mice." (in press)