Christine C. Tangney

Christine C. Tangney is a Senior Professor at Rush University, specializing in public health nutrition, dietary health, and geriatrics. Her research focuses on the intersection of nutrition, cognitive decline, and dementia prevention, particularly through multidomain lifestyle interventions and the Mediterranean-DASH (MIND) diet. She investigates the role of carotenoids, ultra-processed foods, and weight loss in older adults’ brain and metabolic health, with recent work published in JAMA and the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Her ongoing trials address race-conscious, school-linked interventions for Black adolescent dyads and post-stroke nutrition recovery, reflecting her commitment to diverse, translational research.