Dr. Roberts investigates the role of nutrition during recovery from musculoskeletal injuries. His research goal is to develop nutritional strategies that can improve quality of life while simultaneously enhancing healing in patients suffering from musculoskeletal injuries. Current work in the laboratory is focused on:
Gut microbiota control of bone fracture-induced pain.
The therapeutic effects of probiotic dietary supplements on fracture-induced pain and function.
The influence of the gut microbiota on metabolic flexibility/inflexibility after musculoskeletal injury.