Speakers

Dr Lora Iannotti

Lauren and Lee Fixel Distinguished Professor

Dr. Lora Iannotti is the Lauren and Lee Fixel Distinguished Professor in the School of Public Health and founding director of the E3 Nutrition Lab. Her lab aims to identify nutrition solutions that embrace principles embodied in the three E’s:  equity, environment, and evolution. Dr. Iannotti leads projects in Ecuador, Haiti, and St. Louis, Missouri where she collaborates with local partners to test innovative approaches to achieving sustainable, healthy dietary patterns that improve young child growth and brain development. Her research related to animal source foods has informed the global discourse on nutrition equity, climate change, biodiversity, and planetary boundaries. Dr. Iannotti is co-director of the Food and Agriculture Research Mission (FARM) research network.  Dr. Iannotti received her doctorate from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a Master of Arts Degree in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia.