Jennifer Otten
Jennifer Otten, MS, RD, is a doctoral candidate in nutrition at the University of Vermont. She has worked for over seven years at the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences in various capacities, including study director and the organization’s first-ever communications director. At the IOM, she produced and co-edited the report titled Dietary Reference Intakes: The Essential Guide to Nutrient Requirements. Before joining the IOM, Ms. Otten worked in public relations in the food and nutrition division at Porter Novelli. She holds a B.S. in nutritional sciences from Texas A&M University, a master’s degree in nutrition communications from Tufts University, and she completed her dietetic internship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her current research interests include adolescent and adult behavioral weight management and nutrition communication and dissemination.
