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Amy R. Nichols, Ph.D.

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The University of Texas at AustinPhDNutritional Sciences
Colorado State University, Fort CollinsMSFood Science and Human Nutrition
University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignBAAnthropology, English; Minor: Biology
2023
Department of Population Medicine Gordon Moore Award for Excellence in Mentoring, nominee
2023
The University of Texas at Austin Outstanding Dissertation Award, nominee
2022
The University of Texas at Austin Graduate Studies Fellowship
2021
American Society for Nutrition Emerging Leader in Nutrition Science Abstract Recognition Award
2021
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation scholarship
2021
The University of Texas at Austin Department of Nutritional Sciences Professional Development Award
2020
Tyrell E. Flawn Graduate Fellowship in Nutrition
2019
American Society for Nutrition Predoctoral Fellowship
2019
The University of Texas at Austin Dean's Prestigious Fellowship
2019
The University of Texas at Austin Department of Nutritional Sciences Professional Development Award
2019 - 2021
AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science, awardee
2016
The University of Texas at Austin Recruitment Fellowship
2015
Johnson & Wales University Outstanding Faculty Service Award

Overview
Amy R. Nichols, PhD, MS, RD is a Registered Dietitian and Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse in the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology and English from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Master of Science in Nutrition and Food Science from Colorado State University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Nutritional Sciences from The University of Texas at Austin. Building on her extensive experience in clinical and community maternal and child dietetics, her interdisciplinary research focuses on the nutritional, biological, and social aspects of the preconception period through the first 1000 days with a translational emphasis on modifiable determinants that affect the lifecourse. Leveraging data from Project Viva, the focus of her fellowship is to examine the extent to which evidence of impaired fertility and reproductive risk factors will be associated with body composition, bone health, and cardiometabolic outcomes among females in midlife. Previously, her doctoral work utilized advanced trajectory modeling to investigate effects of prenatal nutrition exposures on short-term maternal and neonatal outcomes in high-risk pregnancies. This work was partially funded by the American Society for Nutrition and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

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Funded by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through its Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program, grant number UL1TR002541.