Cancer Research Training Award Fellow
Risk Factor Assessment Branch, Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program
Telephone: 240-276-6716
Email: emily.krueger@nih.gov
- MS – Environmental Science, Brigham Young University
- BS – Nutritional Science, Brigham Young University
Biography
Emily S. 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); Nutrition for Precision Health, powered by the All of Us Research Program; and integration efforts with multiple cancer prevention risk factors. She enjoys communicating science to the public audience and seeks to improve study participant engagement through easy-to-understand return of results. Her scientific interests are at the intersection of diet quality and environmental sustainability.
Ms. Krueger received both her MS in nutritional science and her BS in environmental science from Brigham Young University. Throughout her studies, she participated in laboratory cancer and diabetes research, and she hopes to pursue doctoral work that will benefit chronic disease patients. She aspires to be a scientist who can bridge the divide between basic laboratory research and population-based research.