Teresa T. Fung

Biography

Teresa Fung, ScD, RD, is an Adjunct Professor of Nutrition at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. As a nutritional epidemiologist, her work focused on examining the associations between various measures of diet quality and diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, weight change, geriatric fractures, and geriatric frailty. She completed a BS and MS in nutrition at Cornell University, and a dual Doctor of Science in epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. She is also a Registered Dietitian. Currently, she is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Nutrition, a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and was a member of the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Scientific Advisory Committee.

Education and Training

• BS, Nutrition
  Cornell University
• MS, Nutrition
  Cornell University
• ScD, Nutrition and Epidemiology
  Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
• Dietetic Internship, Dietetic Internship
  Yale-New Haven Hospital

Awards and Honors

• Elaine R Monsen Award for Outstanding Research Literature, 2022
  Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Publications

• Development and validation of a shortened mindful eating inventory in U.S. Adults.

  Gallotto J, Thomas C, Coakley E, Fung TT. Nutr Health 2026 Jan 19

  PMID: 41549899

• Prepandemic National Estimates of Toddler and Child Diet Quality by WIC Participation Status.

  Zimmer M, Zhan J, Gago C, Fung TT, Leung CW, Kenney EL. JAMA Pediatr 2026 Jan 01

  PMID: 41284278

• A cross-sectional analysis of baseline diet quality among participants enrolled in delicious eating for life in the southern homes weight loss randomized trial.

  Saraiya VM, Fung TT, Pitts SBJ, Wu Q, Berkowitz SA, Skinner HG, Thaxton CK, Alick CL, Sotres-Alvarez D, Evenson KR, Samuel-Hodge CD, Keyserling TC. Nutr Health 2025 Oct 15

  PMID: 41092043

• Correction: Hormone-associated dietary patterns and premenopausal breast cancer risk.

  Fest SN, Farland LV, Doody DR, Eliassen AH, Rosner BA, Fung TT, Hankinson SE, Kensler TW, Willett WC, Harris HR. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2025

  PMID: 40272674

• Association between Visual, Hearing and Dual Sensory Impairment and the Frailty Syndrome.

  Yévenes-Briones H, Caballero FF, Vázquez-Fernández A, Martinez-Amezcua P, Fung TT, Lopez-Garcia E. Aging Dis 2025 May 11

  PMID: 40956958