Kenny Mendoza Herrera, PhD, MS (he/him/his)

Assistant Professor
Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, United States

Kenny Mendoza holds a PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology and a Master of Biostatistics from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He also earned a Master of Nutritional Science from the Mexican National Institute of Public Health (INSP) and a BS in Nutritional Sciences. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Kenny’s research integrates epidemiologic data, dietary assessment, and metabolomics to examine how nutrition and food processing influence the risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and obesity-related cancers. He also conducts research to inform eHealth strategies in public health nutrition, with a focus on regulating influencer marketing and the promotion of unhealthy foods on social media.

Presentation(s):

• Impact of Ultra-Processed Foods and Eating Timing on Metabolism and Health (Oral Session 5)

  Saturday, July 25, 2026
  10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

• (OR05-03-26) Substitution Models of Non-Ultra-Processed Food Alternatives for Ultra-Processed Foods: Association With Obesity-Related Cancers in Three Prospective US Adult Cohorts

  Saturday, July 25, 2026
  10:24 AM - 10:36 AM ET

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

• Early Career Research Award Competition

  Sunday, July 26, 2026
  10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

• Science in the Age of Social Media: Navigating Influencers and Using Social Media to Share Evidence-Based Science

  Sunday, July 26, 2026
  10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

• A Proof of Concept of Trustworthy Social Media Health Influencers: Collaboration With the AHA to Promote Cardiovascular Health Among Hispanics/Latinos

  Sunday, July 26, 2026
  11:12 AM - 11:24 AM ET

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

• Panel Discussion / Questions and Answers - Science in the Age of Social Media: Navigating Influencers and Using Social Media to Share Evidence-Based Science

  Sunday, July 26, 2026
  11:36 AM - 12:00 PM ET

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.