Juliana Cohen

Juliana Cohen is a Professor of Nutrition and Public Health at Merrimack College and an adjunct professor in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. She is also the Director of the Center for Health Inclusion, Research and Practice (CHIRP). Additionally, she is a member of the The EVidEnce-based Research GRoup to EvaluatE Nutrition policy (EVERGREEN), an interdisciplinary research group at Harvard. Her research centers on the identification, evaluation, and dissemination of effective nutrition policies and initiatives to address diet-related disparities and reduce the risk of obesity among children. Previously she was an ORISE Policy and Science fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity. 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.