Rate My Professor Masuma Zawari

Zawari's research centers on vitamin C concentrations and other biomarkers across patient cohorts, including individuals with community-onset pneumonia, prediabetes, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and aging-related conditions. She investigates the redox status of peroxiredoxins in human blood samples and contributes to non-invasive diagnostic developments using microbial cell-free DNA. Affiliated with the Nutrition in Medicine Research Group and the Centre for Free Radical Research, her publications include "Low Vitamin C Concentrations in Patients with Community-Onset Pneumonia" (Antioxidants, 2023), "Does Aging Have an Impact on Vitamin C Status and Requirements? A Scoping Review" (Nutrients, 2023), "People with diabetes and hypovitaminosis C fail to conserve vitamin C during weight loss" (Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology, 2023), "SunGold Kiwifruit Consumption Restores Adequate to Optimal Vitamin C Status in Older Adults" (Nutrients, 2024), "Understanding the additional impact of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes on vitamin C status in adults living with obesity" (Nutrition, 2024), and forthcoming "Anti-inflammatory effects of alpha-lipoic acid modulate cystathionine-γ-lyase expression in RAW 264.7 macrophages" (International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2026). She has presented on urine-based bacterial cell-free DNA tests for Legionnaires' disease (Infectious Diseases & Pandemic Preparedness Summit, 2025).