Annie Roe is an Extension Specialist/Assistant Professor at the University of Idaho and the Director of Eat Smart Idaho, which provides nutrition and physical activity programming to low-resource Idahoans statewide. Annie earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biology at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota, a Master’s degree in Exercise Science from the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana, and completed the Coordinated Program in Dietetics at the University of Idaho before going on to earn a PhD in nutrition, specializing in nutritional cognitive neuroscience, from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. Her primary research agenda focuses on projects designed to better understand how nutrients, whole foods and dietary patterns influence neurological development, including cognition, emotional wellbeing, and mental health across the lifespan. Dr. Roe also conducts research related to development and evaluation of nutrition education programs and research related to health and safety of wildland firefighters.