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Yanghua “Sunny” He  , PhD
Assistant ProfessorCollege of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources – University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Work Phone: 808-956-7090work Work Email: yanghua.he@hawaii.eduINTERNET

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Research Interests

1. (Epi-)genomics in livestock animal production 2. Impacts of climate changes on livestock production 3. Nutrigenomics/microbiome: studying mechanisms of how different diets contribute to phenotypes.

Recent Publications

  1. Mandeep Adhikari, Ryan J Longman, Thomas W Giambelluca, C.N. Lee, Yanghua He*. Climate change impacts shifting landscape of the dairy industry in Hawai`i. Translational Animal Science, 2022. txac064, https://doi.org/10.1093/tas/txac064
  2. Jose Carrillo; Ying Bai; Yanghua He; Yaokun Li; Wentao Cai; Derek M. Bickhart; George Liu; Scott M. Barao; Tad Sonstegard; Jiuzhou Song. Growth curve, blood parameters and carcass traits of grass-fed Angus steers. Animal. 2021 Oct 29;15(11):100381. PubMed Central PMID: 34757288
  3. Cunling Jia, Ying Bai, Jianan Liu, Wentao Cai, Lei Liu, Yanghua He, and Jiuzhou Song. Metabolic Regulations by lncRNA, miRNA, and ceRNA Under Grass-Fed and Grain-Fed Regimens in Angus Beef Cattle. Front. Genet., 04 March 2021. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7969984
  4. Xi Wang, Xi Li, Sujun Wu, Kerong Shi, Yanghua He. DNA methylation and transcriptome comparative analysis for Lvliang Black goats in distinct feeding pattern reveals epigenetic basis for environment adaptation. Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment 2021 v.35 no.1, pp. 788-795. Catalog777040,
  5. Bo Han, Yi Ding, Huanmin Zhang, Li Zhang, Chunfang Zhao, Ning Yang, and Jiuzhou Song. LincGALMD1 regulates viral gene expression in the chicken. Frontiers in Genetics, 10:1122. 2019 doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.01122

Current Graduate Students

Natalie Deans, M.S. Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences Mandeep Adhikari, Ph.D. Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering

Pathway to degree completion *FOR STUDENTS ADMITTED FALL 2020 OR LATER *

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Degree program faculty

Cheryl Lynn Albright, PhD, MPH
Mapuana Antonio, DrPH
Jinan Banna, PhD, RD, CDN
Marla J. Berry, PhD
Carol J. Boushey, PhD, MPH, RDN
Jean Butel, PhD
Monica Esquivel, PhD RDN CSSD
Adrian Franke, PhD
Yanghua “Sunny” He, PhD
Kacie K.H.Y. Ho, PhD
Rajesh Jha, PhD
Rachel Johnson, PhD, MPH, RD
Soojin Jun, PhD
Yong Soo Kim, PhD, MS
Iris Fumiko Kimura, PhD, AT.Ret, PT
Janet Latner, PhD
Loic Le Marchand, MD, PhD
Rachael Leon Guerrero, PhD, RDN, LD
Qing X. Li, PhD
Yong Li, PhD
Unhee Lim, PhD, MS
Gertraud Maskarinec, MD PhD
Birendra Mishra, PhD, MS, DVM
Pratibha Nerurkar, PhD
Rachel Novotny, PhD RDN
Jenee Odani, DVM
May Okihiro, MD
Marie Kainoa Fialkowski Revilla, PhD RDN LD IBC
Andre P. Seale, PhD
John A Shepherd, PhD
Mark Thorne, PhD
Lynne Wilkens, DrPH, MS
Jinzeng Yang, PhD
Halina M Zaleski, PhD

Contact

Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
1955 East-West Road,
Ag Sci 216
Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96822
Phone: (808) 956-7095
Fax: (808) 956-4024
Email: nutrphd@hawaii.edu

UH Graduate Division

Address: 2540 Maile Way Spalding 354 Honolulu, HI 96822 Phone: (808) 956-8544 Email: gradss@hawaii.edu Website: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/graduate/

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