Sameera A. Talegawkar

General / Preventive / Lipids

Milken Institute

About

Sameera A. Talegawkar works in General / Preventive / Lipids affiliated with Milken Institute.

Sameera A. Talegawkar is a Professor in the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences at the Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Epidemiology. She is a nutritional epidemiologist whose research focuses on the role of diet and lifestyle on aging-related outcomes and health inequities. She serves on the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.

Research focus

Nutritional EpidemiologyDietary Patterns and Cardiometabolic HealthAging and Physical FunctionHealth Equity in NutritionDietary Assessment in Diverse Populations

Impact

179 pubs · 4,380 cites · h-index 34

Training

Ph.D. Nutrition
Tufts University
2006
MHSc Food Science and Nutrition
Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women’s University
BSc Microbiology
University of Bombay

Affiliations

Work Experience

Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University