Dana Ellis Hunnes

Education:

B.S. - Cornell University - B.S. Double major in Nutrition and Human Biology Health and Society

RD Internship - Emory University Hospitals

MPH (Masters in Public Health) - UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Ph.D. - UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (Focus on nutrition and climate change).

Expertise:

Gastrointestinal Cancers, diabetes, obesity, weight loss, cardiology/cardiac diseases and transplantation, liver disease and transplantation, public health nutrition, dietary guidelines.

Registered Dietitian since 2004 (20 years of experience).

Has worked with individuals with a variety of different health conditions including diabetes, heart disease, gastrointestinal cancers, pancreatic cancer, heart failure, hypertension, liver failure and liver transplant, heart failure and heart transplant, stroke, cancer, obesity, and kidney disease.

Experience:

UCLA Health - senior clinical dietitian

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health - assistant professor

Author published by Cambridge University Press - Recipe For Survival: What you can do to live a healthier and more environmentally friendly life. (2022).

Dr. Hunnes has been a Registered Dietitian for over 20 years (since 2024), working at UCLA Health and working with patients, physicians, and other medical staff. She also teaches graduate students at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health about chronic disease prevention and the effects of our food systems on climate change.