Education
PhD Florida International University, 2008
MS University of Miami (Florida), 1996
RDN Commission on Dietetic Registration, 1992
Contact
206-685-0676
clharris@uw.edu
Seattle, WA 98195
Bio
Cristen Harris joined the Core Faculty of the Nutritional Sciences Program (NSP), Department of Epidemiology in 2019. She has decades of experience as a registered dietitian nutritionist and clinical exercise physiologist, and is certified as a sports dietitian. Cristen’s career path has wound through varied settings including clinical care, fitness and rehabilitation, community health, private practice, higher education, and research. Prior to joining the NSP faculty, she was an Associate Professor and the Director of the accredited Didactic Program in Dietetics at Bastyr University.
In 2014 Cristen was identified as a Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in recognition of her professional achievements, valuable service to the profession and the public, and pursuit of lifelong learning. She is passionate about whole-person health and wellness, and strives to ignite this passion within her students.
Research Areas
Research Interests
Body/Size Equity; Eating Competence Model; Dysfunctional Eating Behaviors; Sports/Performance Nutrition; Family Nutrition
Recent Publications (PubMed)
(2025 Apr 19)
J Nutr Educ Behav
Slagel N, Hall DB, Wang Y, Clifford D, Harris C, Hunger J, Duran Z, Crawley K, Laing E
(2025 Apr 17)
J Nutr Educ Behav
Clifford D, Laing E, Harris C, Slagel N, Levinson J, Squires N, Hunger J
(2024 Dec)
Eat Behav 55(): 101922
Harris CL, Chapman H, Groves N
(2024 Dec)
J Nutr Educ Behav 56(12): 923-930
Levinson JA, Clifford D, Laing EM, Harris CL, Slagel N, Squires ND, Hunger JM
(2024 Oct)
J Nutr Educ Behav 56(10): 710-718
Squires ND, Goode M, Pye A, Papini NM, Lopez NV, Harris C, Dillon JD, Laing EM, Lee S, Clifford D
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