Alumni
Eminet Abebe Gurganus (opens in new window)
Senior Strategic Advisor for Health Equity, Insurance Industry
Rudd Graduate Assistant (2018-2023)
Hanako Agresta (opens in new window)
Resident, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center
Rudd Research Assistant (2022-2023)
Curtis Antrum (opens in new window)
Senior Data Analyst, Child Health & Development Institute
Rudd Graduate Assistant (2020-2025)
Abiodun Atoloye (opens in new window)
Assistant Professor, Nutrition Science, Utah State University
Rudd Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2022)
Brooke Bennett (opens in new window)
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Clemson University
Rudd Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2023)
Kara Burkholder (opens in new window)
Career Pathway Program Manager, ReadyCT
Rudd Research Assistant (2021-2023)
Violeta Chacón (opens in new window)
Advisor, Guatemala Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance
Rudd Postdoctoral Fellow (2024-2026)
Bella Dorian (opens in new window)
Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Student, UConn
Rudd Research Assistant (2025)
Haley Gershman (opens in new window)
Registered Dietitian
Rudd Research Assistant (2021-2024)
Salma Gudaf (opens in new window)
Research Associate, Yale School of Medicine
Rudd Research Assistant (2022-2023)
Mary Himmelstein (opens in new window)
Assistant Professor, Psychological Sciences, Kent State University
Rudd Postdoctoral Fellow (2016-2019)
Melissa Jensen (opens in new window)
Professor, School of Nutrition, University of Costa Rica
Rudd Postdoctoral Research Associate (2020-2022)
Samantha Lawrence (opens in new window)
Assistant Research Professor, School of Social Work, University of Connecticut
Rudd Research Assistant (2020-2022)
Melissa McCann (opens in new window)
Medical Student, University of Connecticut
Rudd Research Assistant (2020-2023)
Sarah McKee (opens in new window)
Nutrition Specialist, Food Bank of Western Massachusetts
Graduate Researcher, Postdoctoral Associate (2017-2024)
Rebecca Nemec Boehm (opens in new window)
Senior Economist, Immediate Office, USDA Office of the Chief Economist
Rudd Postdoctoral Fellow (2016-2018)
Louvins Pierre (opens in new window)
Assistant Professor, Department of Advertising, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Rudd Communications Assistant (2022-2024)
Ellen Pudney (opens in new window)
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Rudd Research Assistant (2017-2021)
Aditi Rao (opens in new window)
Communication Research Scientist
Rudd Communications Assistant (2018-2022)
Maria Romo-Palafox (opens in new window)
Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University
Rudd Postdoctoral Fellow (2016-2019)
Xiaohan Sun (opens in new window)
Assistant Professor of Business and Economics, Allegheny College
Rudd Research Assistant (2016-2021)
Joel Villalba (opens in new window)
Public Health Advocate
Rudd Graduate Assistant (2023-2024)