February 2026: Department of Dietetics and Nutrition faculty member Anna Arthur, Ph.D., received a new research award from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. It will support her project "Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Head and Neck Oncologists Related to the NCCN Nutrition Guidelines."

Department of Dietetics and Nutrition faculty member Tyler Titcomb, Ph.D., was awarded a competitive pilot grant from the ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation. It will support his project, "Malnutrition in Multiple Sclerosis: A Retrospective Study of Electronic Health Records." Faculty colleague Anna Arthur, Ph.D., is co-investigator. 

December 2025: Department of Dietetics and Nutrition faculty member Anna Arthur, Ph.D., was selected recipient of the 2025 Lou Loescher-Junge Service Award. It honors her demonstrated exceptional abilities to serve, inspire and lead with broad impact at the school, university and community levels.

August 2025: An article from KU Medical Center News highlighted Department of Dietetics and Nutrition faculty member Anna Arthur, Ph.D., and her work with a multidisciplinary team of researchers and clinicians at KU Medical Center. The group has issued a call for more research into malnutrition in people with head and neck cancer and developed a roadmap to prioritize nutrition in this population, which historically has lacked access to registered dietitians.

July 2025: Medical nutrition science doctoral student Xin Chen is first author on an article published in the journal Lancet Oncology. Titled "Nutrition in Head and Neck Cancer Care: A Roadmap and Call for Research," the manuscript's co-authors included her mentor, Anna Arthur, Ph.D., and Heather Gibbs, Ph.D., both of the Department of Dietetics and Nutrition.

February 2025: A recent article by KU Medical Center News highlighted the work of Department of Dietetics and Nutrition faculty member Anna Arthur, Ph.D. Titled "KU-Led Multicenter Trial to Address Food Insecurity and Malnutrition in Cancer Patients," it looks at her five-year, nearly $4 million grant awarded last fall by the National Institutes of Health, to tackle food insecurity in people with blood cancers who are receiving transplant or cellular therapy.