FIM @ Tufts
Our work brings together multidisciplinary experts from across Tufts with other local and national leaders with a common commitment to advancing the science and practice of Food is Medicine.
Tufts Investigators
Dariush Mozaffarian
Director
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Jeffrey Blumberg
Professor Emeritus
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Modi Boutrs
Chief Digital Applications Officer
Tufts Medicine
Sean B. Cash
Bergstrom Foundation Professor in Global Nutrition
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Jennifer Coates
Associate Professor, Food Policy and Applied Nutrition
Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Milos Damjanovic
Manager – EpicCare Ambulatory
Tufts Medicine
Sujata Dixit-Joshi
Adjunct Associate Professor
Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Christina Economos
Dean, New Balance Chair in Childhood Nutrition
Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Sara Folta
Dean for Faculty Affairs and Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Erin Hennessy
Director ad interim, ChildObesity180
Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Paul Jacques
Senior Scientist, Nutritional Epidemiology Team; Professor
Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
William Masters
Professor
Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Department of Economics
Perrie O-Tierney-Ginn
Research Associate Professor
Tufts Medicine
Caroline Owens
Research Assistant Professor
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Lori Pai
Attending Physician, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Tufts Medical Center
Ronit Ridberg
Research Assistant Professor
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Shanti Sharma
Associate Director
Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Chenchen Sun
Assistant Professor
Tufts Medicine
Amanda Vest
Medical Director, Cardiac Transplantation Program
Tufts School of Medicine
Lu Wang
Research Assistant Professor
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Patrick Webb
Alexander McFarlane Professor of Nutrition
Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
John B. Wong
Interim Chief Scientific Officer
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Fang Fang Zhang
The Neely Family Professor and Chair of the Division of Nutrition Epidemiology and Data Science
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Tufts Staff and Support
Emily Callahan
Director of Strategy and Operations, Nutrition Policy Initiative
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Mary Kathryn Cohen
Project Manager
Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Fred Cudhea
Biostatistician
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Kirsten Deuman
Manager, Research Translation & Content Development
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Cecilia Gerard
Managing Director
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Jennifer Hashley
Director
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
Sharon Jimmerson
Graduate Research Assistant
Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Danielle Krobath
Postdoctoral Scholar
Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Matt Lombardo
Application Analyst II – Epic Ambulatory / Kaleidoscope
Tufts Medicine
Alejandra Perez
Sr. Application Analyst – Patient Experience
Tufts Medicine
Shafiq Rab
Chief Digital Officer and CIO
Tufts Medicine
Marcia Rahman
PhD Candidate
Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Daniel Schultz
Senior Program Manager
Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Julia Reedy Sharib
Manager of Research & Communications
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Patty Sheehan
Director of Clinical Trials
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Peilin Shi
Biostatistician
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Orsolya Szabo
Executive Administrative Coordinator
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Ashton Valdovinos
Research and Communications Assistant
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Tufts Scholars and Students
Eden Barrett
Research Fellow
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy; The George Institute for Global Health
Hope Craig
Doctoral student
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Shuyue (Amy) Deng
Doctoral student
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Sydney Grob
Doctoral student
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Kia Monique Jones
Postdoctoral Scholar
Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Lizbeth Moreno Loaeza
Postdoctoral Scholar
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Meng Wang
Postdoctoral Scholar
Food is Medicine Institute, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Collaborating Investigators
Matthew Alcuksy
Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Clare Arnott
Co-Director of Global Chronic and Complex Diseases
The George Institute for Global Health
Arlene Ash
Professor
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Jessica Bauman
Chief, Division of Head and Neck Medical Oncology
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Seth Berkowitz
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Julia Caldwell
Chief, Research and Evaluation, Nutrition Physical Activity Program
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Joya Chandra
Professor
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Clara Chow
Academic Director of the Westmead Applied Research Centre and Professor of Medicine
University of Sydney
Kenneth Chui
Associate Professor Public Health and Community Medicine
Tufts Medical School
Erin DiBacco
Senior Director of Strategy & Business Development
Community Servings
Melody Fortune
Associate Professor in Healthcare Administration
Delta Health Center
Katie Garfield
Clinical Instructor
Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, Harvard Law School
Richard W. Grant
Research Scientist III; Director, Kaiser Permanente Delivery Science Fellowship Program
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
Kurt Hager
Instructor, Population & Quantitative Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Cassandra Hawkins
Research Consultant
Ruben V. Anderson Center for Justice
Jennifer Jimenez
Research Associate
Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research and Evaluation
Sara John
Deputy Director
Center for Science in the Public Interest
David D. Kim
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Biological Sciences Division and the College, The University of Chicago
Lawren Long
Eric V. Holder Public Policy Program Director
Tougaloo College and Ruben V. Anderson Center for Justice
Renata Micha
Associate Professor in Human Nutrition
University of Thessaly
Erick Mick
Associate Professor
UMass Chan Medical School
Julian D. Miller
Justice Pre-Law Program Director
Ruben V. Anderson Center for Justice at Tougaloo College
Claudia Nau
Research Scientist
Kaiser Permanente
Bruce Neal
Executive Director
The George Institute for Global Health
Vanessa Nicolsen
Assistant Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine
Tufts School of Medicine
Anastasios Pittas
Professor Clinical and Translational Science Program
Tufts University
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
Pam Schwartz
Executive Director for Community Health
Kaiser Permanente
Dipa Shah-Patel
Director, Nutrition & Physical Activity Program,
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
David Simmons
Head of Endocrinology, Campbelltown Hospital and Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Western Sydney University Macarthur Clinical School
Colleen Spees
Associate Professor, Division of Medical Dietetics
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Jane Speight
Foundation Director
Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes, Deakin University
Jean Terranova
Director of Policy and Research
Community Servings
Kelly Warner
Program Manager, Nutrition and Physical Activity Program
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Jencia Wong
Director of Research, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Diabetes Centre, Clinical Professor
University of Sydney
Jason Wu
Professor and Program Head of Nutrition Science
The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales
Collaborating Research Support
Robin Boyles
Chief Program Planning and Development Officer
Delta Health Center
Zoe Calleja
Senior Project Officer
The George Institute for Global Health
Tristan Harris
Co-CEO
Harris Farm Markets
Liping (Polly) Huang
Senior Data Analyst
The George Institute for Global Health
Kristy Law
PhD Candidate
The George Institute for Global Health
Gian Luca Di Tanna
Professor of Biostatistics and Health Economics
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
Jenn Madz
Strategic Health Partnership Manager
Diabetes Australia
Michelle Reading
Project Manager
The George Institute for Global Health
Thida C. Tan
Head of Strategy and Operations; Solutions Through Technology and Advanced Analytics Research (STAR) Group;
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research
Kathy Trieu
Senior Research Fellow
The George Institute for Global Health
Jessica Vallejo
Senior Project Manager
Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research and Evaluation
Jennifer Weber
President & Founding Principal
Weber Moore Partners