Kayla de la Haye, PhD
is leading the analysis of social network, food environment, and other contextual data relevant to nutrition, and the integration of these features into the AIMINGS “Virtual Precision Nutrition Laboratory” simulation models.
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Dr. de la Haye’s role in the AIMINGS Center and Nutrition for Precision Health consortium is to help advance a public health and translational science approach to precision nutrition science. Dr. de la Haye is an Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences at the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles. She works to promote health and health equity by integrating behavioral science, network science, and systems science. Her research focuses on family and community social-ecological systems to promote healthy eating, healthy lifestyles, and food and nutrition security, and to prevent chronic disease. She also studies the role of social systems in group problem solving in families, teams, and coalitions. She serves on the Board of Directors of the International Network of Social Network Analysis (INSNA), and in 2018, she received the INSNA Freeman Award for significant contributions to the study of social structure. Dr. de la Haye holds a PhD in psychology from the University of Adelaide, Australia.