Jean Harvey, PhD, RDN, is currently the Robert L. Bickford, Jr. Endowed Professor, the Associate Dean for Research, and the Chair of the Department of Nutrition and Food Science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Vermont.
She received her doctorate in epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1991, advised by Rena Wing, PhD.
She has been a faculty member at the University of Vermont in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science since 1991.
[8] She found that participants who received internet-based support had similar weight maintenance to those who continued to meet in person.
[17] In addition, they found no evidence of disparities in online dietary self-monitoring based on race or education level.