Guetterman Named ISEE North America Abstract Awardee

November 13, 2025

IIT NIEHS T32 postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Heather Guetterman, was recently named the Student and New Researcher Network Abstract Awardee for the North American Chapter of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. As the abstract award winner, Guetterman will give a webinar on January 21, 2026.

Guetterman is mentored by IIT-affiliated faculty member Dr. Rita Strakovsky in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition. Guetterman is a registered dietitian and earned her master's and doctoral degrees in nutrition from Cornell University. Her current research focuses on the intersection of nutrition and environmental contaminants in women's health across the lifespan.

Heather's presentation will begin by highlighting recent progress in the field related to diet as a source of environmental chemical exposures. She will then present her recent work evaluating dietary predictors of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) during pregnancy. Specifically, she will discuss the application of mixtures methods to dietary data and the use of hypothetical interventions to generate policy-relevant estimates for reducing dietary exposure to chemicals. 

The webinar will take place January 21 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET. Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/1etVEepsQ5qYfe0BcN37PQ#/registration.