Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health & Merrimack College, Massachusetts
Juliana Cohen, ScD, ScM, RD is a Professor of Nutrition and Director of the Center for Health Innovation, Research, and Policy at Merrimack College and an Adjunct Professor of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Cohen is an internationally recognized expert on school nutrition policies and interventions, with nearly two decades of experience collaborating with diverse school districts. Her research centers on the identification, evaluation, and dissemination of effective school nutrition policies and initiatives to address diet-related disparities and reduce the risk of obesity among children. Her school-based research is currently cited on the United States Department of Agriculture’s websites, has been used by the U.S. Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) to develop recommendations for school meal policies, and was cited as evidence in the United States Department of Agriculture’s proposed rules for the updated school meal standards. Dr. Cohen has a doctorate in Nutrition from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, where she also received a Master’s in Society, Human Development, and Health.
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