Kelsey is a doctoral student 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.
