Member Spotlight

Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH Research Professor, Department of Community Health and Prevention Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health Founding Chair, the Council on Black Health Core Lead, Solutions to Diabetes in Black Americans Core Q: Tell me a bit about yourself and your background. A: I was born in Baltimore, Maryland and then attended […]

Rachel Tabak, PhD Associate Professor Washington University in St. Louis Q: Tell us about yourself and your background. I have my background training in nutrition intervention and policy and epidemiology from the Gilling’s School of Global Public Health at UNC. I came to Washington University at the end of my PhD to start post doc […]

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition Washington University School of Medicine Q: Tell us about yourself and your background. I’m an early career faculty here at Washington University Department of Medicine, Division of Nutritional Science and Obesity Medicine. My training is in nutrition and metabolism and clinical translation research. I’m originally from Mexico. […]

Dr. Lauren Fiechtner, MD, MPH Director of Nutrition, Division of Gastroenterology and General Academic Pediatrics MassGeneral for Children  Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Senior Health and Research Advisor, Greater Boston Food Bank  Q: Tell me a bit about yourself and your background? I’m from the Midwest originally but came to Boston University for Medical […]

Mary Katherine Ray, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry Washington University in St. Louis Q: Tell us about yourself and your background. I’m from Alabama originally, and I went to a small liberal arts college there where I majored in psychology and minored in biology. I knew I wanted a career where I studied the brain, […]