Lisa Quintiliani, PhD

Dr. Quintiliani is a Registered Dietitian with expertise in behavioral science and medical informatics. Her knowledge and skills are in the use of mixed methods approaches to design, implement, and evaluate health promotion interventions across a variety of behaviors, such as nutrition, physical activity, and smoking, with and without the use of information technology. Dr. Quintiliani’s recent work involves the development of an intervention using peers counselors to deliver nutrition and physical activity counseling using motivational interviewing. Her long-term goal is to design, implement, and evaluate effective and sustainable approaches for behavioral cancer risk reduction among health disparity-facing populations.