Emily Krueger
Cancer Research Training Award Fellow
Risk Factor Assessment Branch, Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program
Telephone: (240) 276-6716
E-mail: emily.krueger@nih.gov
- M.Sc. – Environmental Science, Brigham Young University
- B.S. – Nutritional Science, Brigham Young University
Biography
Ms. Emily Krueger is a Cancer Research Training Award (CRTA) Fellow in the Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program’s (EGRP) Risk Factor Assessment Branch (RFAB). In this role, she provides research support for several projects, including the Automated Self-Administered 24-Hour Dietary Assessment Tool (ASA24), the Diet History Questionnaire (DHQ), and integration efforts with multiple cancer prevention risk factors.
Ms. Krueger received both her M.Sc. in Nutritional Science and her B.S. in Environmental Science from Brigham Young University. Throughout her studies, she participated in laboratory cancer and diabetes research, and she hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in medical research that will benefit chronic disease patients. She aspires to be a scientist who can bridge the divide between basic laboratory research and clinical or population-based research.