About
Jennifer Otten
Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Undergraduate Program Director, Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health
Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Systems and Population Health
Faculty Researcher, Center for Public Health Nutrition
Co-Director, Livable City Year
Postdoc, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine
PhD, Animal, Nutrition, and Food Sciences, University of Vermont
MS, Nutrition Communications, Tufts University
RDN, Commission on Dietetic Registration
Raitt Hall 331B
Box 353410
Seattle, WA 98195-3410
Phone: 206-221-8233
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