Seminar Video
Presenter
Shiriki Kumanyika, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor Emerita of Epidemiology
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Dr. Shiriki Kumanyika is a Research Professor in the Department of Community Health and Prevention at the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health and Professor Emerita of Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. She earned a master’s degree in Social Work from Columbia University, a Ph.D. in Human Nutrition from Cornell University, and a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Kumanyika has led and collaborated on research to identify and address diet-related chronic disease risks and health disparities, over more than four decades. Her early research focus was on sodium intake and hypertension. The majority of her research has addressed obesity prevention and treatment, particularly in Black Americans, including the racialized marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages as an adverse influence on Black Americans’ food environments.
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Dr. Shiriki Kumanyika is a Research Professor in the Department of Community Health and Prevention at the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health and Professor Emerita of Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. She earned a master’s degree in Social Work from Columbia University, a Ph.D. in Human Nutrition from Cornell University, and a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Kumanyika has led and collaborated on research to identify and address diet-related chronic disease risks and health disparities, over more than four decades. Her early research focus was on sodium intake and hypertension. The majority of her research has addressed obesity prevention and treatment, particularly in Black Americans, including the racialized marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages as an adverse influence on Black Americans’ food environments.