Assistant Professor, Nutrition Specialist
University of Nevada
Dr. Jeyakumar serves as a Nutrition specialist and Assiatnt Professor at the UNR Extension and Department of Nutrition, University of Nevada , Reno, USA. In this role, her immediate priority is to assess the distinctive risk factors of various chronic health conditions across age groups and to alter nutrition behaviors to mitigate risk factors. She currently studies chronic conditions among beneficiaries of food assiatnce progrms in Washoe county. For more than 20 years, Jeyakumar has researched and advocated for the improvement of child and maternal nutrition in underserved communities. Prior to joining the College, she was a professor of public health nutrition and coordinator of the integrative dietetics program at Savitribai Phule Pune University's School of Health Sciences in Maharashtra, India. Her research at the university examined the risk factors and intervention strategies for malnutrition, specifically addressing micronutrient deficiencies in children and women.
She collborates with University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Penn State University, USA to study nutrition transition and food security.