Dr. Daiva Nielsen

Biography

Daiva Nielsen completed her graduate work at the University of Toronto in the areas of nutrigenomics and personalized nutrition. She conducted postdoctoral research in translation genomics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, focusing on clinical trials evaluating medical and behavioral economic outcomes that incorporate genomic sequencing in medical practice. Her training provided her with skills in dietary assessment, behavior modification, and genomic knowledge translation. Dr. Nielsen's research goals include integrating genomic and environmental exposure information with retail food exposures and sensory aspects of food to understand the complexities of human eating behavior. Her aim is to apply her research findings to develop novel tailored intervention studies that promote healthful eating and ensure optimal knowledge translation to key players in the food industry and health professionals.

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