Carmen Ortega-Santos
Carmen Ortega-Santos
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Full-time Faculty
School: Milken Institute School of Public Health
Department: Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
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Milken Institute School of Public Health
Office 211, 950 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20052
Dr. Carmen Ortega-Santos is an Assistant Professor in the Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Department. Dr. Ortega-Santos joined the Milken Institute School of Public Health in Spring 2024. Before joining the Milken Institute School of Public Health, Dr. Ortega-Santos was a T32 postdoctoral fellow at the University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical campus and the Colorado Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) for two years and a half. She previously earned her Ph.D. in Exercise and Nutritional Sciences at Arizona State University, focusing on the synergistic and independent effects of nutrition and exercise on the gut microbiome. Dr. Ortega-Santso holds her Master of Science in Integrative Physiology from Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, and is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. She has practiced weight management and sports nutrition, predominantly with female athletes.
Dr. Ortega-Santos’s research focuses on coupling nutrition with exercise prescription for modifying the gut microbiome to improve metabolic health, with a particular interest in female adults with obesity. In addition, Dr. Ortega-Santos researches gut health in the athletic population through prebiotics.
Outstanding Graduate Mentorship Award, GPSA, Arizona State University
2nd Oral Communication Presentation on “Substrate oxidation in women during endurance exercise throughout the menstrual cycle phases: IronFEMME pilot study.” International Symposium in Strength Training. 16 to Dec 17 2016, Madrid (Spain)
BS, Human Nutrition and Dietetics at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
MS, Integrative Physiology at Universitat de Barcelona
PhD, Exercise and Nutritional Sciences at Arizona State University
T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Metabolism, Obesity, and Type 2 Diabetes at the University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus
Ortega-Santos, CP*; Pinto, Ana J*; Pan, Zhaoxing; Whipple, Mary P; Boyle, Kristen; Melanson, Edward L; Masters, Kevin; Bessesen, Daniel H; Bergouignan, Audrey. Breaking up Sedentary Time to Improve Glucose Control in a Population at Risk for Developing Type 2 Diabetes (BURST2D): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Clinical Trials. [In-press]
Ortega-Santos, CP.; Al-Nakkash, Layla; Whisner, Corrie M. Exercise and/or Genistein Treatment Impact Gut Microbiota after 24 Weeks on a High-Fat, High-Sugar Diet in C57BL/6 male mice. Microorganisms. 2022; 10 (11): 2221. doi: 10.3390/
Ortega-Santos, CP.; Al-Nakkash, L.; Whisner, C.M. Exercise and/or Genistein Treatment Impact Gut Microbiota and Inflammation after 12 Weeks on a High-Fat, High-Sugar Diet in C57BL/6 Mice. Nutrients 2020, 12, 3410. PMID: 33172007
Ortega-Santos CP, and Whisner CM. The Key to Successful Weight Loss on a High-Fiber Diet May Be in Gut Microbiome Prevotella Abundance. Journal of Nutrition. 2019:149(12): 2083-2084.doi: 10.1093/jn/nxz248. PMID: 31584088
Ortega-Santos CP, Barba-Moreno L, Cupeiro R, Peinado Lozano AB. Substrate oxidation in female adults during endurance exercise throughout menstrual cycle phases: IronFEMME pilot study. Journal Human Sport Exercise. 2018;13(3):553-565. doi:10.14198/jhse.2018.133.07.
Wardenaar, Floris C; Schott, Kinta D; Mohr, Alex E; Ortega-Santos, CP; Connolly, Jonh E. Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Collegiate Division I American Football Athletes. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 2023, 20(15), 6453; DOI: 3390/ijerph20156453.
Mohr AE, Jäger R, Carpenter KC, Kerksick CM, Purpura M, Townsend JR, West NP, Black K, Gleeson M, Pyne DB, Wells SD, Arent SM, Kreider RB, Campbell BI, Bannock L, Scheiman J, Wissent CJ, Pane M, Kalman DS, Pugh JN, Ortega-Santos CP, Ter Haar JA, Arciero PJ, Antonio J. The athletic gut microbiota. J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2020 May 12;17(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s12970-020-00353-w. PMID: 32398103.
TBD
Nutrition, Dietetics, Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, Gut Health, Metabolism
RDN, Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist in Spain and the US.