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)
UConn MD/MPH Student, Class of 2025
Rudd Research Assistant (2022-2023)
Curtis Antrum (opens in new window)
Health Promotions Researcher
Rudd Graduate Assistant (2020-2025)
Abiodun Atoloye (opens in new window)
Assistant Professor, 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)
Health and Nutrition Coordinator, TEAM Inc.
Rudd Research Assistant (2021-2023)
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)
M.S. Student, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Heath
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 New England
Rudd Research Assistant (2020-2023)
Sarah McKee (opens in new window)
Nutrition Policy Researcher
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)
Ph.D. Candidate, UConn Department of Communication
Rudd Communications Assistant (2018-2022)
Maria Romo-Palafox (opens in new window)
Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University
Rudd Postdoctoral Fellow (2016-2019)
Lily Schwartz (opens in new window)
Undergraduate Student, UConn
Rudd Research Assistant (2025)
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)