Joseph Roberts
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850 N 5th St Office 360J Phoenix, AZ 85004
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Mail code: 9020Campus: Dtphx
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Joseph Roberts is an assistant professor of nutrition at Arizona State University. He investigates how nutritional and lifestyle-based approaches can be used as adjuvant therapies to improve quality of life while simultaneously enhancing healing in patients suffering from musculoskeletal injuries. Specifically, his laboratory studies how the gut microbiota contributes to pain and metabolism during convalescence after traumatic bone injuries. Before joining the faculty at ASU in 2022, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Emory University School of Medicine, where he studied the effects of probiotic supplements on fracture repair during aging. Roberts earned his doctorate in nutrition and health sciences from Emory University.
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
- Ph.D. Nutrition and Health Sciences, Emory University
- M.S. Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- B.S. Nutrition Science, North Carolina State University
Dr. Roberts investigates the role of nutrition during recovery from musculoskeletal injuries. His research goal is to develop nutritional strategies that can improve quality of life while simultaneously enhancing healing in patients suffering from musculoskeletal injuries. Current work in the laboratory is focused on:
- Gut microbiota control of bone fracture-induced pain.
- The therapeutic effects of probiotic dietary supplements on fracture-induced pain and function.
- The influence of the gut microbiota on metabolic flexibility/inflexibility after musculoskeletal injury.
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| NTR 100 | Intro to Nutrition Science |
| CHS 494 | Special Topics |
| CHS 493 | Honors Thesis |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| NTR 792 | Research |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| NTR 780 | Practicum |
| NTR 100 | Intro to Nutrition Science |
| CHS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CHS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| CHS 494 | Special Topics |
| CHS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CHS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CHS 494 | Special Topics |
| NTR 100 | Intro to Nutrition Science |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| CHS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| CHS 494 | Special Topics |
| NTR 100 | Intro to Nutrition Science |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| NTR 100 | Intro to Nutrition Science |
- American Society for Nutrition
- Orthopaedic Research Society
- American Society for Bone and Mineral Research