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Zach Conrad, PhD, MPH (he/him/his)

Assistant Professor
William & Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia, United States

Zach Conrad is a nutritional epidemiologist and food systems scientist. His research
utilizes large datasets and modeling techniques to examine the complex interactions between diet quality, environmental sustainability, and affordability. Specifically, his research focuses on how population-level dietary changes affect chronic disease, environmental outcomes, and food budgets. He is the author of 50 peer-reviewed scientific publications and his work has been featured or cited by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization; the US Environmental Protection Agency; and more. His research is currently supported by grants from the Jeffress Trust, the Commonwealth Center for Energy and the Environment, and the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences. Before joining William & Mary, Dr. Conrad was a Postdoctoral Scientist at USDA (2016-2019) and a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University (2015-2016). He earned his PhD in nutrition from the Friedman School, his MS in food systems from the Friedman School, his MPH in nutrition from Tufts University’s School of Medicine, and his BA in biology and anthropology from Trent University in Ontario, Canada.

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