Laura Barre

Laura Barre serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University's College of Human Ecology. She holds an M.D. from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and a B.S. in Nutritional Sciences from Cornell, with extensive clinical experience in oncology, geriatrics, and long-term care settings.

Her research spans geriatric nutrition, disordered eating interventions, obesity-sarcopenia dynamics, and digital nutrition science. Key initiatives include the Body Positive Cornell program for disordered eating reduction, Weigh2Go for weight maintenance across adulthood, and community-based studies on aging-in-place technologies in rural New York. Her work uniquely bridges clinical medicine, nutritional science, and digital communication analysis.

Recognized with an NIH T32 Post-doctoral Fellowship, she teaches Nutrition and Disease at Cornell while previously instructing medical histology and neuroanatomy at Dartmouth. Her laboratory pioneers investigations into social media's impact on dietary behaviors and video-based nutritional interventions, directly translating research into community health solutions for diverse aging populations.