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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

Location

665 Huntington Avenue 
Building 2, 3rd floor 
Boston, MA 02115 

Nour Hammad

Nour Hammad

Nour Hammad is a PhD candidate in Population Health Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, specializing in Public Health Nutrition. She earned her BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics from the American University of Beirut and her MSc in Global Health from Duke University and is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. Her research examines how social, cultural, and structural factors shape food access, dietary behaviors, and nutrition-related health. Her work focuses on food insecurity, nutrition assistance programs, and dietary acculturation, particularly among populations experiencing social and structural marginalization. Through interdisciplinary and community-engaged research, Nour aims to generate evidence that strengthens nutrition policies and programs and advances nutrition equity.