Who We Are

Tufts Investigators

Sean B. Cash

Bergstrom Foundation Professor in Global Nutrition

Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy

Christina Economos

Dean, New Balance Chair in Childhood Nutrition

Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy

Erin Hennessy

Director ad interim, ChildObesity180

Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy

Sara Folta

Interim Dean for Faculty Affairs and Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion

Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy

Dariush Mozaffarian

Jean Mayer Professor of Nutrition

Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy

Lori Pai

Attending Physician, Division of Hematology/Oncology

Tufts Medical Center

Ronit Ridberg

Research Assistant Professor

Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy

John B. Wong

Interim Chief Scientific Officer

Tufts Medical Center

Fang Fang Zhang

The Neely Family Professor and Chair of the Division of Nutrition Epidemiology and Data Science

Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy

Tufts Staff

Fred Cudhea

Biostatistician

Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy

Sujata Dixit-Joshi

Adjunct Associate Professor

Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy

Jennifer Hashley

Director

New Entry Sustainable Farming Project

Zhongyu Li

Project Administrator

Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy

Daniel Schultz

Senior Program Manager

Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy

Julia Reedy Sharib

Senior Research Coordinator

Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy

Orsolya Szabo

Executive Administrative Coordinator

Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy

Tufts Scholars and Students

Mengxi Du

Doctoral Candidate

Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy

Kia Monique Jones

Postdoctoral Scholar

Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy

Lu Wang

Postdoctoral Scholar

Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy

External Collaborators

Matthew Alcuksy

Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Arlene Ash

Professor

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Jessica Bauman

Chief, Division of Head and Neck Medical Oncology

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Joya Chandra

Professor

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Kenneth Chui

Erin DiBacco

Senior Director of Strategy & Business Development

Community Servings

Katie Garfield

Clinical Instructor

Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, Harvard Law School

Kurt Hager

Instructor, Population & Quantitative Health Sciences

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Lawren Long

Erick Mick

Associate Professor

UMass Chan Medical School

Julian D. Miller

Director

Ruben V. Anderson Center for Justice at Tougaloo College

Vanessa Nicolsen

Cassandra Hawkins

Sara John

Center for Science in the Public Interest

Christina Jordan

David D. Kim

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Biological Sciences Division and the College, The University of Chicago

Anastasios Pittas

Jennifer Pomeranz

Assistant Professor of Public Health Policy and Management

NYU School of Global Public Health

Carolyn Presley

Assistant Professor, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine

The Ohio State University, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The James Cancer Hospital/Solove Research Institute

Colleen Spees

Associate Professor, Division of Medical Dietetics

The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Jean Terranova

Director of Policy and Research

Community Servings

Jason Wu

Professor and Program Head of Nutrition Science

The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales