Katie Meyer, ScD
Assistant Professor of Nutrition
ktmeyer@email.unc.edu
704-250-5066
Dr. Katie Meyer is a nutritional and cardiovascular disease epidemiologist. Her research focuses on diet-related health behaviors and nutritional risk factors for cardiometabolic disease. She is a recent recipient of a Research Scientist Development Award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to study the gut microbiome, nutrient metabolites, and cardiovascular disease in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study (CARDIA).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Aging, Diabetes, Genomics, Heart Disease and Stroke, Nutrition and Physical Activity, Obesity, Public Health Studies (Design, Conduct and Analysis)
EDUCATION
ScD, Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 2002
MPH, Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, 1997
BA, Art History, Macalester College, 1993
Meyer’s Team
Publications
2020
The association between diet quality and cancer incidence of the head and neck.
Dietary Cholesterol and Cardiovascular Risk: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association.
2019
Association of dietary patterns with the gut microbiota in older, community-dwelling men.
Gut Microbiota Composition and Blood Pressure.
2018
Meta-analysis of human genome-microbiome association studies: the MiBioGen consortium initiative.
2017
2016
Diet and Gut Microbial Function in Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease Risk.