Professor, Purdue University, Department of Nutrition Science

Dr. Heather Eicher-Miller is a professor in the department of Nutrition Science at Purdue University and serves as the Director of Indiana’s Emergency Food Network. Her research is focused on food insecurity which affects 12% of U.S. households and creates uncertainty regarding the availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods.   ​

Dr. Eicher-Miller’s work has documented immediate and chronic adverse dietary and health outcomes associated with food insecurity among diverse populations. Her efforts to evaluate and create evidence-based interventions, programs, and policies has reduced food insecurity and improved access to resources which enhance health. She has also developed novel analytical and methodological techniques, including temporal dietary patterning, to more effectively quantify and evaluate the relationship between food insecurity, diet, and health. ​

Dr. Eicher-Miller holds an MS and PhD from Purdue University.