Students

Current Students

Lidya Genene Abebe, MPH

Research Interests: Nutritional Epidemiology, maternal and child nutrition, macronutrients, global nutrition and cancer research

Madelyn Bradley, MS

Research interests: Creating effective, science-backed interventions to prevent and treat malnutrition in women and children in low-income countries

Alana Chaney, MHA, MBT

Research interests: Maternal and child nutrition, nutrition security strategies in low income populations, community nutrition program development and evaluation, and nutrition intervention programs

Christabel Domfe, MS

Research interests: Use of novel technologies for dietary assessment, design and implementation of interventions addressing food insecurity among low-income populations

Jonnatan Fajardo, MS, RD

Research interests: Maternal nutrition and health; child nutrition, health, and cognitive development; nutrition security strategies in low income populations

Andrea Gil

Research interests: Reducing disparities in cardiometabolic diseases in underserved communities, particularly through the development of interventions and policies that increase health awareness and nutrition literacy.

Manny Gyimah, MPH

Research interests: Nutritional epidemiology; nutrient deficiencies and pathways to non-communicable diseases; nutrition interventions for low-income communities; implementation science

Caroline Joyce, MS

Research interests: Nutrition interventions, maternal and child nutrition in low income countries, micronutrient deficiencies

Katherine Y Kwon, MS, RD

Research interests: Maternal and child health in low income populations, early nutrition and cognitive development, global nutrition program development and evaluation

Davrina Rianda, MD

Research interests: Maternal-child nutrition and health; gut-brain axis; early life nutrition on child brain development

Nicholas Fergusson Russell, RD

Research interests: Food insecurity, Nutrition intervention and evaluation of nutrition intervention, and Malnutrition (undernutrition, overnutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies).

Lauren Thompson, MS

Research interests: Maternal and infant nutrition, early childhood growth and development, nutritional epidemiology, epidemiological study design, global health

Hareem P. Zahid, MS

Research interests: Addressing gaps in global nutrition through innovative dietary interventions and the impact of dietary components and whole foods on cardiovascular health with a specific interest in zinc metabolism and protein.

Mia Zhong, MPH

Research interests: Global nutrition, micronutrition, genetics, and epidemiology