She obtained a PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology from the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy in 2013 and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine at the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center at The Miriam Hospital and Brown University Medical School in July 2015. As a Registered Dietitian, Dr. Evans is broadly interested in examining the dietary correlates of excess weight gain in youth. She currently has a K01 award from the NIDDK to examine how changes in diet and physical activity affect risk for excess summer weight gain in youth from low-resource, urban communities and how existing resources like the Summer Food Service Program can be leveraged to reduce this risk.