Kristine Dennis, PhD, MPH

Research Background

Prior to joining the team, Dr. Dennis spent more than a decade working in public health and nutrition research. She has published multiple peer-reviewed papers, including articles on the role of nutrition in oxidative stress, the association of added sugars in the diet with heart disease risk, and how plant foods may protect individuals from absorbing toxic metals. She completed her master’s in public health and her PhD in nutrition and health sciences at Emory University and worked as a postdoctoral researcher in nutrition and cardiometabolic disease at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

What excites you about nutrition?

“The power of what we eat. Everything we eat everyday can interact over our lifetime to promote health or contribute to disease. It’s incredibly intricate and directly affects our lives. Trying to understand all that complexity and help translate it into action is something I love about working in nutrition science.”

What inspires you about working at NutritionFacts.org?

“I love being part of a team dedicated to making nutrition and lifestyle medicine research accessible so people can make informed food and lifestyle choices.”