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Cristina Palacios, PhD

Professor and Chair
Florida International University
Miami, Florida, United States

Dr. Palacios is currently a professor and chair of the Department of Dietetics and Nutrition at the Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work in Florida International University (FIU). She completed her M.S, PhD, and postdoc in Nutritional Sciences from Purdue University. She has conducted several NIH-funded randomized clinical trials in children, adolescents, and adults to determine the effects of dietary supplements and functional foods on bone and body composition. She has also received funding to test interventions using technology for preventing excessive weight gain in infants and pregnant women. She has mentored more than 80 individuals in research and has more than 140 publications. She has extensive consultation for the World Health Organization in establishing vitamin D supplementation guidelines and infant nutrient requirements. She was part of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee for the US. She has received a few awards, including FIU HFA Contribution to Hispanic Community 2024 award, Top Scholar FIU 2020, the Mid-Career Award of the Nutrition Education and Behavioral Science from the American Society of Nutrition, the Nutrition 2018 Family Support Grants from the American Society of Nutrition, and the Diamond Award from the Department of Foods and Nutrition at Purdue University in 2016. She is an active member of the American Society of Nutrition and of the Latin-American Nutrition Society. Among her hobbies are hiking while travelling around the world and raising butterfliers.

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