Kenney Research Group
Our research focuses on identifying effective and feasible strategies to make eating healthfully easy, accessible, and affordable for everyone. Our team’s goal is to build evidence to support the development and implementation of effective population-level strategies that result in better nutrition for children and families
665 Huntington Avenue
Building 2, 3rd floor
Boston, MA 02115
Kelsey Kinderknecht
Kelsey is a PhD candidate in the Population Health Sciences PhD program in Public Health Nutrition at HSPH with Erica Kenney serving as her mentor. Kelsey graduated from the University of Washington with a Master of Public Health and is a Registered Dietitian. She has experience implementing nutrition and food literacy programs in schools through her work with FoodCorps and evaluating government nutrition policies, including sugar-sweetened beverage policies and policies affecting the National School Lunch Program. She is studying how the environments in which children live, learn, play and develop influence health and health disparities. More specifically, her research interests include studying the impacts of national, state, and local child nutrition programs and policies on child health and social, emotional, and cognitive development. In her free time, Kelsey enjoys open water swimming adventures, biking, running, and spending time baking and cooking.