ABOUT ME

I am the Director of the Nutritional Epidemiology and Food Systems Analytics Lab at William & Mary, and the John & Audrey Leslie Associate Professor of Health Sciences.  I am also the owner of the consulting firm Food Data, LLC.

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My research program builds computational models to understand how food choices impact all domains of sustainability: health, environment, economy, and society. My team also designs tools to understand how environmental change impacts agricultural productivity, the nutrient content of foods, and cardiometabolic disease incidence in large populations. 

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To do this, I combine analytical tools from data science, epidemiology, food systems science, and agricultural science; and we apply these tools at the local, regional, and national levels.  My work is generously supported by external partners at US federal agencies, foundations, and food industries. 

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If you are interested in partnering on research or consulting projects, please contact me at zsconrad@wm.edu or FoodDataLLC@gmail.com.