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
Meghan Zimmer
Meghan Zimmer, PhD, MPH is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is also an alumni of the Department, where she earned her PhD in Population Health Sciences with a concentration in Public Health Nutrition, advised by Dr. Erica Kenney.
Dr. Zimmer is a Technical Editor for The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, on the Board of Editors for the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and publishes widely. Her own research is focused on child nutrition (ages 0-5), especially the development of pediatric dietary assessment tools, and evaluating program/policy changes in federal child nutrition programs like WIC.
Prior to Harvard, she worked in federal public health and has experience across the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institutes of Health, Indian Health Service, and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps; and was previously honored with a Special Service Recognition Award from the NCI’s Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program. Dr. Zimmer remains active in public service while at Harvard, and completed a tour of active duty in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps during her PhD training, reaffirming her commitment to service at every level of her training.