Graduate Student
Michigan State University
Kiersten is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) and first-year PhD student studying Human Nutrition at Michigan State University (MSU). She earned both her Bachelor of Science in Dietetics and her Master of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics from MSU, where she also completed her dietetic internship. She is currently involved in the Pre-, Peri-, and Postnatal Michigan Archive for Research in Child Health (MARCH) Growth Study, investigating how metabolic health factors and antimicrobial exposures impact the gut microbiome during pregnancy and infancy, and how these factors influence child growth trajectories.