Teresa Fung

Professor Teresa Fung holds the Ruby Winslow Linn Endowed Professorship in the Department of Nutrition at Simmons University, where she also serves as Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses. Her research focuses on nutritional epidemiology and diet's role in chronic disease prevention, with a particular emphasis on diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and aging-related conditions. She collaborates with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health as an Adjunct Professor and serves on the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (2023-2025). Fung's work integrates clinical practice, academic research, and public health policy.

Education: BS and MS in Nutrition (Cornell University), Dietetic Internship (Yale-New Haven Hospital), ScD in Nutrition and Epidemiology (Harvard University).

Her research interests include dietary patterns and global health outcomes, with notable contributions to understanding physical activity, diet quality, and their impacts on frailty, bone health, and chronic disease risk. Fung's publications have appeared in top-tier journals like The Journal of Nutrition and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Awards: 2022 Elaine R. Monsen Memorial Award for Outstanding Research Literature; 2018 Toby Sloane Award for Student Centerness.

Advising & Grants: NIH-funded collaborative projects with Harvard. She mentors students in research, including studies on pregnancy nutrition and diet quality indices. Her editorial roles include Associate Editor for the Journal of Nutrition and panelist for U.S. News & World Report Best Diet rankings.

Professional Affiliations: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, American Society for Nutrition.