Personalized Nutrition

Personalized Nutrition (PN) is a scientific approach to developing comprehensive and dynamic nutritional recommendations based on a wide array of variables including genetics, dietary habits, metabolic patterns, health status, socioeconomic and psychosocial characteristics, food environments, physical activity, and the microbiome.

More simply put, PN is the response to the question: What should I eat to be healthy? Thus, PN represents an advancement on traditional dietary advice and early personalized approaches such as nutritional genomics, recognizing that what is healthful for one individual is not the same for another, and understanding that health and dietary responses change across time.

Overview

Co-Chair: Dr. Tristin Brisbois, PepsiCo
Co-Chair: Dr. Bibiana Garcia-Jackson, General Mills
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Eileen Kennedy

Digital and connective devices permeate our everyday lives and have potential to be powerful tools for monitoring and diagnosing health and nutrition-related conditions. However, most digital apps lack “stickiness” (they are used for a short period of time and then discarded) and what diagnostic tools do exist are scientifically early and often underfunded. This group explores questions around how to “crack the code on personalization” and get/keep consumers using digital apps for health and nutrition monitoring and how to bolster diagnostic science to make it more accurate and readily available.

Outputs

    1. White Paper: Precision Nutrition: Maintaining scientific integrity while realizing market potential, Frontiers of Nutrition, September 2022
    2. Literature Review: Market Opportunities in Precision Nutrition, Yuchen He and Jessie Lan, 2021
    3. Timeline of the History of Precision Nutrition, Yuchen He and Jessie Lan, 2021

Members

Alpa Shah

Haleon

Medical Affairs Lead - US Wellness/Nutrition

Alpa Shah

Haleon

Medical Affairs Lead - US Wellness/Nutrition

Andrea Hsieh

Nestlé

Principal Scientist, Nutrition Science, Innovation & Personalization

Andrea Hsieh

Nestlé

Principal Scientist, Nutrition Science, Innovation & Personalization

Annie Duong-Turner

John Hancock Life Insurance

Director, Community Investment - US Lead

Annie Duong-Turner

John Hancock Life Insurance

Director, Community Investment - US Lead

Bibiana Garcia-Jackson

General Mills

Senior Nutrition Scientist

Bibiana Garcia-Jackson

General Mills

Senior Nutrition Scientist

Carolina Loya

Grupo Bimbo

Research & Development Supervisor: Sustainable Nutrition

Carolina Loya

Grupo Bimbo

Research & Development Supervisor: Sustainable Nutrition

Christina Khoo

Ocean Spray

Director, Emerging Science, Nutrition & Regulatory Affairs

Christina Khoo

Ocean Spray

Director, Emerging Science, Nutrition & Regulatory Affairs

Chuck Berds

Novo Nordisk

Medical Science Liaison

Chuck Berds

Novo Nordisk

Medical Science Liaison

Doug Bolster

Brightseed

Senior Director, Translational & Clinical Research

Doug Bolster

Brightseed

Senior Director, Translational & Clinical Research

Jane Friedrich

Cargill

Vice President, Global Core R&D

Jane Friedrich

Cargill

Vice President, Global Core R&D

Jiantao Ma

Friedman School

Assistant Professor

Jiantao Ma

Friedman School

Assistant Professor

Jonathan Clinthorne

Simply Good Foods Company

Director of Nutrition

Jonathan Clinthorne

Simply Good Foods Company

Director of Nutrition

Kim Boyd

Calibrate

Chief Medical Officer

Kim Boyd

Calibrate

Chief Medical Officer

Lauren Abda

Branch Venture Group

Co-Founder

Lauren Abda

Branch Venture Group

Co-Founder

Lynn Yu

Kraft Heinz

Nutrition Team Lead

Lynn Yu

Kraft Heinz

Nutrition Team Lead

Michele Lefebvre

Barilla

Nutrition & Wellbeing Manager

Michele Lefebvre

Barilla

Nutrition & Wellbeing Manager

Peter Lurie

Center for Science in the Public Interest

President & Executive Director

Peter Lurie

Center for Science in the Public Interest

President & Executive Director

Sara Eckhouse

Foodshot Global

Executive Director

Sara Eckhouse

Foodshot Global

Executive Director

Sarah Ohlhorst

American Society for Nutrition

Chief Science Policy Officer

Sarah Ohlhorst

American Society for Nutrition

Chief Science Policy Officer

Sean Harrington

Notemeal

Founder & General Manager

Sean Harrington

Notemeal

Founder & General Manager

Tristin Brisbois

PepsiCo

Director, Advanced Personalization Ideation Center

Tristin Brisbois

PepsiCo

Director, Advanced Personalization Ideation Center

Zully Corona

Grupo Bimbo

Global Scientific & Regulatory Affairs Director

Zully Corona

Grupo Bimbo

Global Scientific & Regulatory Affairs Director