Rate My Professor Richard Bruno

Richard Bruno, PhD, RD, is the Carol S. Kennedy Professor of Human Nutrition and Professor in the Department of Human Sciences within The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology. He serves as Chair of the Human Nutrition Program, Director of the master’s program in human nutrition, Director of the Bionutrition Core Laboratory, Principal Investigator of the Phytochemical and Cardiometabolic Health Laboratory, and Senior Director of the university’s Second-year Transformational Experience Program (STEP). Bruno obtained his BS in Applied Nutrition with a minor in Biology and MS in Human Nutrition from the University of Delaware in 1997 and 1999, respectively. He earned his PhD in Human Nutrition from The Ohio State University in 2004 and completed postdoctoral training as a Scholar at the Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, from 2004 to 2005. As a Registered Dietitian credentialed by the Commission on Dietetic Registration since 2002, he brings over two decades of experience as a nutrition biochemist.

Bruno’s research program investigates the bioavailability, metabolism, and anti-inflammatory functions of phytochemicals, including polyphenols and vitamin E, and bioactive food components in functional foods to mitigate cardiometabolic diseases such as prediabetes, metabolic syndrome, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, and vascular endothelial dysfunction. His laboratory integrates mechanistic animal studies with human clinical trials to translate findings into evidence-based nutrition recommendations. He has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed research articles, books, and book chapters. Notable recent publications include “A green tea extract confection decreases circulating endotoxin and fasting glucose by improving gut barrier function but without affecting systemic inflammation” (Nutrition Research, 2024), “Whole milk dairy foods and cardiometabolic health: Dairy fat and beyond” (Nutrition Research, 2024), and “Milk-fat-globule-membrane-enriched dairy milk compared with a soy-lecithin-enriched beverage did not adversely affect endotoxemia or biomarkers of gut barrier function” (Nutrients, 2023). Bruno has received awards from the American Society of Nutrition and the OSU College of Education and Human Ecology for his internationally recognized contributions. He is Editor-in-Chief of Nutrition Research since 2020 and serves on the editorial boards of Antioxidants, Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, and the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. Additionally, he has mentored over 75 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and more than 200 undergraduates, and delivered hundreds of presentations to academic, health agency, and industry audiences worldwide.