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Vanessa Oddo, PhD
Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program
Assistant Professor
Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition
College of Applied Health Sciences
Email: jvoddo@uic.edu
Vanessa Oddo, PhD, MPH, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition in the UIC College of Applied Health Sciences. She is an obesity epidemiologist with expertise in the social determinants of nutrition-related health. Her work uses nutrition science, public health and epidemiologic methods to investigate the distal factors that shape dietary intake and ultimately, contribute to obesity and chronic disease risk. Her work aligns with the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program’s focus on multilevel factors that contribute to cancer prevention and promotion, including obesity, dietary quality, nutritional status across the lifespan and socio-environmental exposures.
Education
- PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Research Focus
- Cancer Prevention and Control
- Nutrition
- Obesity
- Population Health
- Employment Quality
- Diet Quality
- Policy