Faculty Bio

Dr. Eric Rimm, ScD, is the Director of the Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health and an Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health and at the Channing Laboratory at the Harvard Medical School. His main research interests include the study of diet and other lifestyle characteristics in relation to the risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. He now also has an active research program in blood markers and genetic factors that may mediate or predispose an individual to the effects of diet on chronic disease. He has more than 300 peer reviewed publications and previously served on the Institute of Medicine’s Dietary Reference Intakes for macronutrients. He served as one of 13 members on the advisory committee for the 2010 U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Dr. Rimm is also an associate editor for the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and the American Journal of Epidemiology. (Boston, MA)