Dr. Kathleen Abu-Saad’s academic background encompasses the social, behavioral, and health sciences. She has a Ph.D. in epidemiology with a focus on nutritional epidemiology, and she is a senior researcher at the Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research. She is experienced in developing and evaluating dietary assessments/screening instruments to meet the needs of specific populations or research questions. She has led population-based observational studies investigating associations between lifestyle exposures (diet and physical activity) and health outcomes. She developed a versatile digital lifestyle assessment and intervention tool, and she adapted it for use among Indigenous and minoritized populations in Israel and abroad. Her work brings together sociological, economic, cultural, and epidemiological perspectives.