Meet our team
Co-Founder and Director of Scientific Strategy
Dr. Kenny Mendoza
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH)-trained epidemiologist, PhD, with a focus on population health sciences. He holds a Master of Biostatistics from HSPH and a Master of Population Nutrition from the Mexican National Institute of Public Health (INSP). At Harvard, he explores the intricate connections between dietary patterns and chronic diseases through advanced nutritional epidemiology and metabolomics methods. Kenny is also actively involved in global networks that promote, develop, and evaluate eHealth and social media-based interventions. With an outstanding publication record in high-impact scientific journals, he serves as a Co-Principal Investigator and research collaborator in observational epidemiological studies and randomized clinical trials, leveraging his exceptional expertise in scientific methodology to drive research across various fields.
Kenny has received several international research-related awards:
The 2023 Irene M. & Fredrick J. Stare Nutrition Education Fund from the Department of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The 2023 American Society for Nutrition (ASN) Predoctoral Fellowship
Finalist in the 2023 ASN Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Poster Competition
First Place in the 2022 Young Minority Investigator Oral Competition by ASN
Fulbright Language Scholarship in 2019
First Place in the 2017 Student Research Paper Contest by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
