Postdoctoral Fellow
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Hanim Ecem Diktas, PhD, MS, is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Ingestive Behavior, Weight Management & Health Promotion Laboratory at Pennington Biomedical Research Center. She received her master’s degree from Istanbul Medipol University and her doctoral degree from Pennsylvania State University. Her primary mentor is Dr. Corby Martin and her research focuses on children’s eating behaviors, portion selection, and the development and validation of technology-based dietary assessment tools. She leads NIH-funded work, including an NICHD F32 fellowship applying machine learning and ecological momentary assessment to identify contextual predictors of children’s energy intake, and a pilot study validating a smartwatch-based eating detection system in child–parent dyads. She has published extensively on dietary assessment, eating behavior, and design of obesity intervention programs, and has received multiple national awards for her research.
Sunday, July 26, 2026
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Sunday, July 26, 2026
11:04 AM - 11:08 AM ET
Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.