Dr. Sydney Pryor

Dr. Pryor is a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Professional Lecturer in the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences at the Milken Institute School of Public Health. Her research explores the complex relationship between the U.S. agrifood system and human and planetary health with a specific focus on high rates of red and processed meat consumption as a key driver of climate change and diet-related chronic disease. Sydney is passionate about growing attention to the role agrifood systems can play as a solution to the climate crisis through research, advocacy, and teaching, as well as supporting policy decision-making related to sustainable diets and equitable food and nutrition security at the local and federal level.

Sydney holds a B.S. in Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise from Virginia Tech, an MPH in Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Public Health Modeling from Yale, and a PhD in Health Policy from GW.