Sharon Kirkpatrick

Biography

Dr. Sharon Kirkpatrick is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health, University of Waterloo, University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada.

Research Interest

Dr. Sharon Kirkpatrick Research interests includes Understanding people’s eating patterns—including what they eat and drink and contextual factors that influence diet—is essential to better elucidating how diet influences health as well as how to support eating patterns consistent with disease prevention. The main focus of my work is on improving and disseminating strategies for appropriately collecting, analyzing, and interpreting dietary data. Additional interests include food policy, the environmental sustainability of current eating patterns, food environments, and food access among marginalized populations. My work also explores the utility of systems thinking and methods to better understand the array of factors that influence major nutrition challenges and the effectiveness of interventions to address these challenges.