This event is hosted by the NYU GPH Office of Doctoral Studies.
Dr. Naman Ahluwalia is the Nutrition Monitoring Advisor and Associate Director for Science (acting) for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dr. Ahluwalia serves as an expert advisor and consultant and represents the Center with respect to applying NHANES nutrition-related data to a wide range of planning, analysis, public health, and health policy issues.
Prior to joining CDC, Naman held a long and successful academic career: tenured Professor at Penn State University and Distinguished Chair in Nutrition Epidemiology at the University of Paris, France. Her research focused on iron nutrition and the role of nutrition in inflammation and cardiometabolic risk across the life span. She continues teaching and mentoring as Adjunct Professor of Nutrition at Penn State. Naman is Associate Editor of ASN’s Advances in Nutrition journal.
Dr. Ahluwalia has a M.Sc. in Food and Nutrition, Ph.D. in Human Nutrition, and D.Sc. in Nutrition Epidemiology. Her interdisciplinary training and experiences span from bench science to policy, across the life span. In 2018 Naman completed the Senior Executive Service training for leaders in the U.S. government.
Naman is passionate about nutrition monitoring and translational research, mentoring, and building multidisciplinary innovative collaborations to optimize nutrition and health across the life span.