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Michelle K. McGuire, PhD

Professor and Director
University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho, United States

Michelle (Shelley) McGuire, Ph.D., is Director and Professor of Nutrition in the Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Idaho. Dr. McGuire received her BS in biology and MS in nutritional sciences from the University of Illinois and her PhD in human nutrition from Cornell University. She has a background in human physiology and nutrition, with specific expertise in maternal/infant nutrition, human milk composition, nutritional assessment, and milk and fecal microbiomes. Dr. McGuire has conducted studies (many using a team science approach in collaboration with Drs. Mark McGuire and Janet Williams) related to myriad human milk components including minerals, hormones, lipids, pesticides, oligosaccharides, immune components, allergens, bacteria, and most recently SARS-CoV-2. She has overseen a variety of projects related to human nutrition and lactation funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the US Department of Agriculture, as well as a variety of industry and commodity sources. A seasoned science writer, Dr. McGuire is author of two college-level introductory nutrition textbooks. In 2018 she received the Excellence in Nutrition Education Award from the American Society for Nutrition and in 2022 became a member of the National Academy of Medicine. Shelley has lived in the beautiful community of Moscow, Idaho since 1995. When she’s not studying milk, Shelley thoroughly enjoys spending time and traveling with her family, playing with her Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers, reading historical novels, playing music, cooking and eating, hiking, running, and practicing Iyengar yoga.

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