[1] She is a professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences and deputy director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health at the University of Connecticut.
[5] Additionally, she routinely testifies in state legislative hearings on weight bias.
[6] Throughout the course of her career, Puhl has authored over 200 peer-reviewed studies[7] and been cited over 43,000 times.
[8] This work led to her being named to a list of the world's most highly cited researchers in 2021.
[9] In 2018, Puhl was the recipient of The Obesity Society Scientific Achievement Award, which recognizes excellence in an established research career.