Rate My Professor Jessie Hoffman

Dr. Jessie Hoffman is an Associate Professor and the current Graduate Program Director in the Department of Human Nutrition at Winthrop University, where she has been a faculty member since 2020. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in nutrition and leads a research laboratory focused on the interactions between nutrition, the gastrointestinal tract, and host health. A registered dietitian, Dr. Hoffman earned her PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Kentucky in 2018, with a dissertation on PCB disruption of gut and host health and implications of prebiotic nutritional intervention; an MS in Nutrition from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2015, examining the impact of California table grapes on inflammation and metabolic health in mice; and a BS in Biology from Newberry College in 2013. Prior to Winthrop, she held postdoctoral positions at the University of Kentucky, including teaching-focused roles in applied nutrition and culinary medicine curriculum development, and research on nutritional interventions for pollutant-induced diseases. She completed her dietetic internship through Iowa State University in 2019.

Dr. Hoffman's research interests center on gut microbiome and gastrointestinal health, with specific emphasis on dietary fiber, prebiotics, food timing, nutrition-stress relationships, and environmental pollutant effects on metabolic outcomes. Her scholarship includes peer-reviewed publications such as 'Maternal Polychlorinated biphenyl 126 (PCB 126) exposure modulates offspring gut microbiota irrespective of diet and exercise' in Reproductive Toxicology (2023), 'Prebiotic inulin consumption reduces dioxin-like PCB 126-mediated hepatotoxicity and gut dysbiosis in hyperlipidemic Ldlr deficient mice' in Environmental Pollution (2020), 'Factors associated with provider practices related to infant feeding in primary care settings' in Nutrients (2024), and co-authorship of the open educational resource Drug and Nutrient Interactions (2023). She has secured numerous grants from Winthrop University Research Council and Internal Biomedical Research Fund for projects on dietary interventions, meal timing in athletes, and gastrointestinal health in students. Recognized for her contributions, Dr. Hoffman received the 2023 Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year award from the South Carolina Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the Outstanding Junior Professor Award at Winthrop University. She is an active member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and American Society for Nutrition, serves on editorial boards, and has delivered invited lectures and podcast appearances on nutrition science.