May Vadiveloo, PhD RD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences. Her research focuses on dietary assessment, diet quality, and modifying factors in the environment to favorably influence diet quality and obesity. Drawing largely on sources of secondary data from large population studies, the goal her lab is to develop interventions and recommendations that promote improvements in dietary quality, weight control, and cardiometabolic health at the population level. The lab’s work spans domains including the role of dietary variety and energy density in promoting dietary quality, factors that influence purchasing decisions in food retail environments, and the role of weight discrimination in preventing and promoting obesity.