A Science Oyssey; Lorena Pacheco, PhD – Limitless

“A Science Odyssey,” hosted by the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee of the Department of Molecular Metabolism.

This seminar series offers a unique opportunity to hear from distinguished guest speakers who will share how their personal stories and experiences led them to their current careers in the life sciences field. Through their narratives, we hope to gain valuable insights into the diverse paths that can lead to a fulfilling and impactful career in science.

Our First seminar is:
A Science Odyssey: Limitless
Presented by Lorena Pacheco, PhD, MPH, RDN

Lorena S. Pacheco is a nutritional epidemiologist that combines her passion and interests in public health/community nutrition, clinical trials, health disparities, and chronic disease prevention, to develop scalable and culturally-appropriate interventions (i.e., Teaching Kitchen intervention model) to prevent cardiometabolic disease in Hispanics/Latinos and other minority populations. She is a Research Scientist in the department of nutrition at HSPH, and an Adjunct Professor at Simmons University in the department of Nutrition.