HEALTH EXPERTS

Dr. Slavin is an expert in soy offering specialized insight into the areas of soy and heart health, soy and breast cancer, soy infant formula, soy and children’s health, soy and reproductive health, soy isoflavones and soy and bone health/osteoporosis. She is a registered dietitian, and a professor of nutrition at University of Minnesota at St. Paul. Dr. Slavin teaches courses in human nutrition, sports nutrition and diet and disease. During her time at University of Minnesota she has presented more than 250 invited scientific lectures ranging from sports nutrition to diet and cancer. She is also a frequent source for the media on topics ranging from sports nutrition, diet and cancer, carbohydrates and dietary fiber and women’s health.

Dr. Slavin received her Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She is a member of numerous professional organizations including the American Dietetic Association, American Society for Nutritional Sciences, American Association for Cancer Research and serves as a Food Science Communicator for the Institute of Food Technologists.

As well as being an accomplished professor and speaker, her research has won many competitive research grants from the National Cancer Institute, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, commodity groups and corporations. She is also the author of more than 100 scientific publications and numerous book chapters and review articles.