My name is Dale Sharon Hardy, PhD. My experience and qualifications have enabled me to be well-suited for this research. I am from minority ethnic group and a Registered and Licensed Dietitian (RD, LD), a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE), and a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) for over 20 years. I completed my PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Texas School of Public Health, with a concentration in chronic disease epidemiology, and minors in biostatistics and health promotion. After that, I completed two post-doctoral fellowships: 1) Gene-diet interactions on body weight and body mass index at Baylor College of Medicine, under the support of a Ruth L. Kirschstein T32 National Research Service Award, and 2) Health disparities in cancer treatment at the University of Texas School of Public Health. I have developed expertise in conducting biostatistical computations and interpreting the findings. My research focuses on genetic susceptibility with dietary factors and physical activity as they relate to health disparities in obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer treatment and ancestry-specific differences among African Americans and European Americans. We also studied molecular pathway-based ancestry-specific influences with dietary intake. I continue to engage in the American Society for Human Genetics where I was honored to moderate a session on the genetic basis of cardiovascular disease development at their conference 2023.