Dr. Cheryl Anderson, Professor and Dean of Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at University of California, San Diego, will be presenting “Traveling the Last Mile: The Road to the Global Impact of Healthy Diets on Cardiovascular Health” at the Annual Granville H. Sewell Distinguished Lecture.

Cheryl A.M. Anderson, PhD, MPH, MS, is a Professor and the Founding Dean of the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science. Dr. Anderson received her doctoral degree from the University of Washington, and her Master of Public Health degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At UCSD, Dr. Anderson is the Director of the UCSD Center of Excellence in Health Promotion and Equity. Her research focus is on nutrition and chronic disease prevention in under-served human populations. Dr. Anderson is a Fellow of the American Heart Association, and is the Chair of the American Heart Association’s Nutrition Committee and Vice Chair on the council on Epidemiology and Prevention. She was elected as a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2016.

In-person attendance is available to Columbia affiliates including alumni and collaborators. Affiliates outside of Columbia are welcome to register to attend via Zoom or in-person.