Dr. Harriet Kuhnlein

Dr. Harriet Kuhnlein

Dr. Harriet Kuhnlein is a nutritionist and Founding Director of the Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment (CINE). She is Emerita Professor of Human Nutrition at McGill University, Montreal. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and holds an honorary Doctor of Law degree from The University of Western Ontario. Her publications include more than 220 journal articles, books, book chapters and conference proceedings and 130 abstracts. She has given 140 invited presentations. She holds memberships in the World Public Health Nutrition Association, the American Society of Nutrition, the (American) Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and the Canadian Nutrition Society. She is a recipient of McGill’s Earle W. Crampton Award for Distinguished Service in Nutrition and a winner of the Canadian Jack Hildes Medal for Circumpolar Health. She is a Fellow of the American Society of Nutrition and of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences