
Zach Conrad
Assistant Professor
Office:: 109
Phone:: 757-221-2037
Email:: [[zsconrad]]
Area of Specialization:
Nutritional epidemiology and food systems
Background:
Dr. Conrad’s research utilizes large datasets and modeling techniques to examine the complex interactions between food choice, diet quality, and environmental sustainability. Specifically, his research focuses on how population-level dietary changes affect health outcomes, natural resource use, and sustainable food production, with an emphasis on low-income and other nutritionally vulnerable populations.
Education and Training:
- Postdoctoral Research Scientist, US Department of Agriculture, 2016-2019
- Postdoctoral Scholar, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, 2015-2016
- PhD, Nutrition and Food Systems, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, 2015
- MS, Public Health and Food Systems, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, 2010
- MPH, Nutrition, School of Medicine, Tufts University, 2010
- BA, Biology and Anthropology, Human Health and Food Systems, Trent University, 2007
Courses Taught:
- Basic Science of Nutrition (KINE 350)
- Nutrition in Health and Disease (KINE 354)
- Nutrition Across the Lifecycle (KINE 357)
- Population Nutrition, Policy, and Programs (KINE 361)
- Sustainable Food Systems and Diets (KINE 362)
Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications:
*Student co-author- Conrad, Zach; Cyril, Ashley*; Kowalski, Corina*; Jackson, Erin; Hendrickx, Brittany*; Lan, Jessie Jie; McDowell, Acree*; Salesses, Meredith*; Love, David C; Wiipongwii, Troy; Zhang, Fang Fang; Blackstone, Nicole Tichenor. (2022). Diet sustainability analyses can be improved with updates to the Food Commodity Intake Database. Frontiers in Nutrition (In Press).
- Love, David C; Thorne-Lyman, Andrew L; Conrad, Zach; Gephart, Jessica A; Asche, Frank; Godo-Solo, Dakoury; McDowell, Acree*; Nussbaumer, Elizabeth M; Bloem, Martin W. (2022). Affordability influences nutritional quality of seafood consumption among income and race/ethnicity groups in the United States. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (In Press).
- Belury, Martha; Raatz, Susan; Conrad, Zach. (2022). Modeled substitution of traditional oils with high oleic acid oils decreases essential fatty acid intake in children. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 115: 1180-1188.
- Love, David C; Ashe, Frank; Young, Ruth; Nussbaumer, Elizabeth M.; Anderson, James L.; Botta, Robert; Conrad, Zach; Froehlich, Halley E.; Garlock, Taryn M.; Gephart, Jessica A.; Ropicki, Andrew; Stoll, Joshua S.; Thorne-Lyman, Andrew L. (2022). An overview of retail sales of seafood in the United States, 2017-2019. Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture, 30: 259-270.
- Conrad, Zach; Stern, Alexandra; Love, David C; Salesses, Meredith*; Cyril, Ashley*; McDowell, Acree*; Blackstone, Nicole Tichenor. (2021). Data integration for diet sustainability analyses. Sustainability, 13: 8082.
- Conrad, Zach; Reinhardt, Sarah; Boehm, Rebecca; McDowell, Acree*. (2021). Higher diet quality is associated with higher diet costs when eating at home and away from home: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-2016. Public Health Nutrition, 24: 5047-5057.
- Conrad, Zach; Hatfield, Daniel P.; Hennessy, Erin; Maneval, Elizabeth*; Ty, Esther*; Pankey, Christopher. (2021). Evaluating moderation of parent-teen overweight/obesity relationship by household socioeconomic status. Current Developments in Nutrition, 5: nzab030.
- Conrad, Zach; Blackstone, Nicole Tichenor. (2021). Identifying the links between consumer food waste, nutrition, and environmental sustainability: a narrative review. Nutrition Reviews, 79: 301-314. (Invited review).
- Conrad, Zach; Reinhardt, Sarah; McDowell, Acree*; Nance, Julie. (2021). Reducing food waste and saving money: a guide for nutritionists. Nutrition Today, 56: 33-38.