Summary
Lilian Cheung is a public health leader and scholar who directs Health Promotion & Communication and serves as Editorial Director of The Nutrition Source at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She translates rigorous nutrition science into accessible communications and programs, co-leading initiatives like the Obesity Prevention Source and the Asian Diabetes Prevention Initiative. An experienced author and educator, she co‑wrote the globally disseminated school program Eat Well & Keep Moving and collaborated with Thich Nhat Hanh on Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life, now available in 17 languages. Her work uniquely blends evidence-based chronic disease prevention with mindful eating and youth-focused interventions, reaching both academic and public audiences. Based in Boston, she combines deep academic credentials (D.Sc., M.S., Nutrition) with decades of practical program design and editorial leadership. Despite a reserved “Data Nerd” GitHub bio, her contributions are defined more by translating data into real-world behavior change than by code.
8 years of coding experience
D.Sc., M.S., Nutrition, D.Sc., M.S., Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health