Erica Kenney
Erica Kenney is a Research Assistant at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University while she completes a Master's of Public Health degree at Yale. She earned a BA in Education at Brown University. Prior to coming to Yale, Erica worked as an educator and as a program associate at the New England Equity Assistance Center, helping to provide schools with tools that promote an equitable education for all students. Seeing firsthand the impact schools have on the childhood obesity epidemic spurred her interest in public health. Her research interests include school-based obesity prevention efforts, the role of taste preferences and culture in food choices, and eliminating racial disparities in childhood obesity.
