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Elizabeth Aleru
Elizabeth Aleru
Advisor, Meg Bruening
Youth & Community Nutrition Impact Research Team
Summary Statement

Elizabeth's research interests focus on nutrition education and interventions that promote healthy lifestyles and reduce diet-related chronic diseases in underserved populations, especially children and adolescents.

Department
  • Graduate Student
  • Youth & Community Nutrition Impact Research Team
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Education
  • Master's of Science, Human Nutrition, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
  • Bachelor's of Science, Foods, Nutrition, and Dietetics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria.
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Honors and Awards

  • Young Researchers' Recognition Award: Federation of African Nutrition Societies, Dakar, Senegal (2023)
  • Nuffic OKP Scholarship: Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands (2019)
  • Dufil Postgraduate Nutrition Scholarship Award, Nigeria (2018)