Heather Eicher-Miller

Heather Eicher-Miller, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Nutrition Science at Purdue University. She is a nutrition epidemiologist with experience in program evaluation and dietary data analysis and patterning, assessment techniques, and inference, with a focus on low-resource populations. She has held various member leadership roles in the American Society of Nutrition and the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. She is also a member of the Board of Editors for the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and Advances in Nutrition. Dr. Eicher-Miller recently served on the 2025-2030 Scientific Committee of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and she was selected as the 2023-2024 Danone International Prize for Alimentation Laureate. She received a PhD and completed postdoctoral research in Foods and Nutrition/Nutrition Science at Purdue University.