PhD Candidate
University of California, Davis
Joanna Wirkus is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology at the University of California (UC), Davis. She completed her didactic program in dietetics at UC Davis and her dietetic internship at Bastyr University. She spent several years working as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist in a variety of settings including with cancer patients prior to pivoting her career towards research and education. She is Board Certified in Oncology Nutrition and her research interests include the intersection of cancer prevention through diet and the microbiome.