Jen Sacheck, PhD

Assistant Professor
jennifer.sacheck@tufts.edu

Jennifer Sacheck, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the John Hancock Research Center on Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and a Scientist in the Antioxidants Research Laboratory at the Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. She is an active member of the American College of Sports Medicine, the Obesity Society and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist.

Dr. Sacheck's research has extended from studies on effects of nutrition and exercise on muscle physiology in young and older adults to the effects of physical fitness, nutrition and obesity on stress and cardiovascular risk factors in youth. Through a prestigious grant from the American Heart Association, she is currently examining the relative impact of obesity and physical fitness on metabolic risk factors in elementary school children. Her policy work includes authoring the 2008 report "Childhood obesity in Massachusetts: Costs, consequences and opportunities for change" for the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum. Dr. Sacheck teaches courses on Nutrition and Physical Activity and Nutritional Biochemistry and Physiology to Friedman School graduate students. She also frequently lectures on sports nutrition to youth, recreational, and collegiate athletes.