Dr. Meredith T. Niles
Meredith is an interdisciplinary food systems scientist that studies behavior and policy across agriculture and food systems. Her research focus is in advancing efforts to achieve sustainable food security and improve health, environmental, and rural livelihood outcomes in food systems. Her two primary areas of research focus include 1) farmer's adoption of sustainable management practices and 2)Improving food security, nutrition and health outcomes during climate change and public health crises.
Currently she is the Robert L. Bickford Endowed Professor at the University of Vermont (UVM) in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences. Dr. Niles has been internationally recognized including as an Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine fellow from the U.S. National Academy of Medicine. She serves as an Associate Editor for Current Environmental Health Reviews, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, and Critical Insights in Agriculture.