Katie Meyer

Katie Meyer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on nutritional epidemiology and cardiometabolic disease prevention.

• BA in Art History, Macalester College (1993)
• MPH in Epidemiology, University of Minnesota (1997)
• ScD in Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health (2002)

Dr. Meyer’s work explores diet-related health behaviors, nutritional risk factors, and the interplay between gut microbiome, nutrient metabolites, and cardiovascular disease. Her current research utilizes the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study (CARDIA) to investigate these connections.

Her recent publications span topics including sleep duration impacts on BMI, ethnic disparities in body composition assessment, and the role of mathematical modeling in public health interventions. These works primarily fall within epidemiological methodologies and obesity research subfields.

• Award: NHLBI Research Scientist Development Award

Dr. Meyer co-teaches NUTR 818: Analytical Methods in Nutritional Epidemiology. Her research intersects with genomics, diabetes, and heart disease prevention frameworks.