Dr. Heather Eicher Miller

Professor

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Biography

Heather Eicher-Miller’s research focuses on how food insecurity affects 12% of U.S. households, creating uncertainty in the availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods. Her work has documented both immediate and chronic adverse dietary and health outcomes associated with food insecurity across diverse populations. She is dedicated to evaluating and creating evidence-based interventions, programs, and policies aimed at reducing food insecurity and improving access to resources to enhance health. Dr. Eicher-Miller has developed novel analytical and methodological techniques for temporal dietary patterning to effectively quantify and evaluate the relationship between food insecurity, diet, and health. She has extensive experience in nutrition epidemiology, dietary assessment methods, and food assistance.

Research Interests

Awards

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Trailblazer Award

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Mid-Career Award

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Early Career Research Achievement Award

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Mead Johnson Award

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Jeanne M. Priester Culture Health Award

Courses

NUTR 315 - Fundamentals of Nutrition NUTR 430 - Public Health Nutrition

Requirements for Purdue University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:135
Overall
Required:135
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in CS or related field Foundational concepts of computer science Data structures Computer architecture Operating systems Mathematics through differential equations Linear and matrix algebra
Application Checklist
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Specialization Notes

GRE is not required.