Jennifer A. Emond

Jennifer A. Emond, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science and Pediatrics at Dartmouth College's Geisel School of Medicine, where she also serves as Assistant Dean of the Health Sciences Masters Program. She holds affiliations with the C. Everett Koop Institute, Hood Center for Children and Families, Quantitative Biomedical Sciences program, and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.

Her education includes a PhD in Public Health (Health Behavior) from UC San Diego/SDSU, an MSc in Mathematics (Statistics) from UMass Lowell, and a BA in Epidemiology from UMass Amherst.

Dr. Emond's research focuses on pediatric health behaviors, with emphasis on:

• Food marketing impacts on child obesity
• Problematic screen media use and neurobehavioral correlates
• Accelerometry validation for infant/toddler activity monitoring
• Genetic-behavioral interactions in appetite regulation

Her recent publications (2024-2025) predominantly explore obesity etiology through behavioral genetics, environmental influences, and measurement methodologies.

She leads multiple NIH grants including:

• R01DK136698 (NIDDK) on genetic risk/parental feeding practices (2024-2029)
• K01DK117971 on media use/sleep in preschoolers (2018-2024)
• R03DK131154 on accelerometry calibration for infants (2021-2023)

She mentors through Dartmouth's Women in Science Program (WISP) and Quantitative Biological Sciences, teaching graduate courses in biostatistics and health data science.