Portrait of Jennifer Smilowitz

Researcher

Jennifer Smilowitz

UCD Human Studies Director, Foods for Health Institute, UC Davis

Researcher

Focus · Clinical Nutrition, Lactation Research

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3AIFS projects
3AIFS publications

About Jennifer

Jennifer is an Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension in the Department of Nutrition at UC Davis. She holds a doctoral degree in Nutritional Biology with an emphasis in Endocrinology and completed her postdoctoral fellowship in Food Science & Technology at UC Davis. She has a well-established research career in clinical nutrition and lactation research that targets health in the first 1000 days from pregnancy through early childhood. Diet, environment, and lifestyle during these life stages have long-term consequences on health across generations. As a lactation education counselor, she built a multi-collaborative outreach program focused on infant feeding that educates families on lactation and breastfeeding. Dr. Smilowitz's current research and outreach programs focus on critical issues that identify and address gaps in health equity across the lifespan, support community health and reduce chronic disease risk.

3 projects

Project involvement

Predicting Health Effects from Food Photo Thumbnail
Year 4

Prediction of Health Effects from Food Photos

#Nutrition#Core AI Technologies
Minimizing Costs and Maximizing Health of Diet
Year 4

Molecular Traits of Foods: Minimizing Costs and Maximizing Health of Diet

#Nutrition#Agricultural Production
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AI-generated illustration of hands holding a smartphone with food and technology icons flowing from the screen, and people in the background using digital devices.
Year 1

Prediction of Glycan Content from Real-World Food Diaries

#Core AI Technologies#Nutrition

3 publications

AIFS publications

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