Rachel Prowse

Rachel Prowse, PhD, RD is a registered dietitian with research experience in a broad range of public health nutrition topics. She completed her PhD in Health Promotion and Socio-behavioural Sciences at the University of Alberta where she explored the nature and extent of food marketing in Canadian recreation and sport facilities. Dr. Prowse is an Assistant Professor of Nutrition & Dietetics in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her research program focuses on determinants of diet and she evaluates population-based interventions to improve healthy eating, including the first evaluation of a sugary-sweetened beverage tax in Canada. Dr. Prowse has received many awards in her academic career, including a Dietitians of Canada PEN Achiever Award, CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral, a Women and Children Health Research Institute Graduate Studentship, a CIHR/Heart & Stroke Foundation Fellowship in Population Intervention for Chronic Disease Prevention, and a University of Manitoba Gold Medal.