Shannon Zenk, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN

Director
National Institute of Nursing Research
Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Shannon N. Zenk, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN is Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR). She joined NINR in September 2020, following a 14-year career as a faculty member at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) College of Nursing and Institute for Health Research and Policy. Her background is in nursing and public health. Dr. Zenk’s own research focuses on community environments as a social determinant of health and health inequities. She and her team conducted pioneering research on food deserts in the United States. Dr. Zenk is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and was inducted into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame in 2019.

Presentation(s):

• Community and Public Health Nutrition GEM Forum - Food as Medicine: Adopting a Multidisciplinary Approach to Translate Evidence-Based Nutrition Research Into Clinical Practice

  Wednesday, June 15, 2022
  4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.