XXXVIII ciclo Jaclyn Di Meglio

1^st year

Curriculum: Food Science and Technology

Supervisors: Prof.sse Sara Spinelli and Caterina Dinnella

Email: jaclyn.dimeglio@unifi.it

Office address: via Donizetti, 6 - 50144 Firenze

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Profile

Jaclyn Di Meglio holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology at University “Federico II” of Naples and a Master’s degree in Food Science (110/110 cum laude) at University of Florence. In 2019 - 2020 she worked at Careggi Hospital (Cancer Unit) in Florence as nutritionist trainee. In 2022 she published her first article "Occurence of Dysgeusia in Patients Being Treated for Cancer” in the journal Nutrition and Cancer.

Currently she is a PhD student at the SensoryLab to research on taste alteration and food preferences in cancer patients

Research interests and PhD project

Jaclyn´s PhD project focuses on the qualitative alterations of taste and smell in cancer patients during antineoplastic treatment. Moreover, the study aims to understand the effect of taste and smell alterations on food preferences and habits.

Her main research interests include molecular biology, genetics, oncology nutrition and clinical nutrition

Papers

Di Meglio J, Dinu M, Doni L, et al. Occurrence of Dysgeusia in Patients Being Treated for Cancer. Nutr Cancer. 2022;74(8):2868-2874. doi:10.1080/01635581.2022.2042569

Conference talks and seminars

SINU Congress– Napoli 4,6 April 2022 – Poster “Occurrence of Dysgeusia in Patients Being Treated for Cancer .

ultimo aggiornamento: 13-Gen-2023

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