Christine Mills RD, MPH, PhD (candidate)
Queen’s University (Ontario)
Chris (Christine) Mills is a registered dietitian and PhD candidate in Aging & Health at Queen’s University. Her dissertation explores nutrition risk in community-dwelling older adults in Canada and in residents of naturally occurring retirement communities. Her other research interests include nutrition and older adults, interprofessional primary care, weight bias, food insecurity, and unpaid caregiving. Chris has two undergraduate degrees from the University of Guelph: a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in biological engineering and a Bachelor of Applied Science in applied human nutrition. She has a Master of Public Health in nutrition and dietetics from the University of Toronto, where she also completed her dietetic internship. Chris’ work experience as a dietitian has largely been in interprofessional primary care, both in Community Health Centres and Family Health Teams.
