Professor
Purdue University
Dr. Eicher-Miller is a Professor of Nutrition Science at Purdue University. Her research focuses on food insecurity which affects 10% of U.S. households and creates uncertainty in the availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods. Her work has documented immediate and chronic adverse dietary and health outcomes associated with food insecurity among diverse populations. Her efforts to evaluate and create evidence based interventions, programs, and policies have reduced food insecurity and improved access to resources which enhance health. Dr. Eicher-Miller has also developed novel analytical and methodological techniques, including temporal dietary patterning, to more effectively quantify and evaluate the relationship between dietary behavior and health.