Margarita Teran-Garcia

Margarita Teran-Garcia

Margarita Teran-Garcia, MD, PhD, FTOS (Urbana, IL) joined the faculty of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in 2008. Currently Dr. Teran-Garcia is the Director, Applied Health Professions in Illinois Extension, with specialized research faculty appointments at the Division of Nutritional Sciences, the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, and the Personalized Nutrition Initiative. Her transdisciplinary approach to research integrates knowledge in Nutrition, Behavior, and Metabolism to understand the influence of culture and behavioral patterns (nutrition, physical activity, and family function) with individual biology/genetics to prevent pediatric chronic metabolic conditions. She engages in health science and community health programs to promote healthy behaviors. She obtained her M.D. from the National University Autonomous of Mexico, UNAM, and did her pediatric residency at the National Institute of Pediatrics in Mexico. In 2001, she received her Ph.D. in Metabolism/Nutrient-gene interactions form the University of Texas at Austin. After completing her post-doctoral training at thePennington Biomedical Research Center. Dr. Teran-Garcia has experience in clinical nutrition, nutrigenetics, and childhood obesity.