Professor and Director of the Center for Nutrition Research
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Britt Burton-Freeman, Ph.D., Professor of Food Science and Nutrition and Director of the Center for Nutrition Research (CNR), Institute for Food Safety and Health at the Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech). Dr. Burton-Freeman’s research investigates dietary strategies to address risk factors of cardio-metabolic diseases focusing on plant foods/ingredients and their unique nutritional/phytochemical attributes. Her research characterizes the polyphenol profile of various fruits and spices tracing their metabolic consequences after ingestion, including their dynamic relationship with the gut microbiome affecting local and systemic physiology and health status. Dr. Burton-Freeman also studies human variability in response to diet as part of NIH’s Nutrition for Precision Health powered by the All of Us program. Dr. Burton-Freeman is actively involved in multiple professional societies dedicated to health and disease abatement, publishes in top journals and serves on journal and advisory boards to advance nutrition and health knowledge. Dr. Burton-Freeman received her BS in Dietetics from the California State University, Chico, MS and PhD in Nutritional Biology from the University of California, Davis and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Internal Medicine at University of California, Davis. Dr. Burton-Freeman has held professional appointments in academia and the biotech industry leading research programs and teams to deliver on basic and clinical science objectives.
Saturday, July 25, 2026
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM ET
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Saturday, July 25, 2026
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM ET
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