Meredith T. Niles, PhD

Meredith is an interdisciplinary food systems scientist that studies behavior and policy in social-ecological food systems and health. Her research focus is in advancing efforts to achieve sustainable food security and improve health, environmental, and rural livelihood outcomes in food systems. 

 

Currently she is the Robert L. Bickford Endowed Professor at the University of Vermont (UVM) in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences. Meredith previously served as the Associate Director of the UVM USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Food Systems Research Center and as Acting Director of the Gund Institute for Environment at UVM.