Patricia Ann Cassano
Patricia A. Cassano, MPH, Ph.D., is the Alan D. Mathios Professor Emerita in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University. The Division of Nutritional Sciences is in the Colleges of Human Ecology and Agriculture and Life Sciences. Dr. Cassano served as Interim Director (2018-2019), then as Director of the Division of Nutrition Sciences (2019-Jan 2024). She is also Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences Division of Epidemiology at Weill Cornell Medical College, and
Corinna Loeckenhoff
Dr. Loeckenhoff received her undergraduate degree from the University of Marburg, Germany and her Ph.D. from Stanford University. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the intramural research program of the National Institute on Aging before joining Cornell University in 2009.
Dr. Loeckenhoff is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the Association for Psychological Science. She was recognized as a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science in 2011 and received the
- Jul 30, 2026
- by Laura Reiley, Cornell Chronicle
- Holistic Human Health, Social Impact + Justice, Sustainability + Society
Humble grain, big question: Could supercharged millet help children’s gut health?
The fight against childhood malnutrition may have just gotten a new tool in biofortified millet.
- Jul 28, 2025
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Holistic Human Health, Social Impact + Justice, Sustainability + Society, Technology + Human Thriving
Jung-hye Shin named chair of the Department of Human Centered Design
Jung-hye Shin, a design researcher and academic leader, has been named professor and chair of the Cornell Human Ecology (CHE) Department of Human Centered Design (HCD).
Shin comes to Cornell from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she served as chair and professor in the Department of Design Studies and as faculty director of design at the Center for Design and Material Culture.
For Shin, this is a return to the Hill. She earned
- Feb 6, 2024
- by Emily Groff
- Holistic Human Health
Sander Kersten named new director of Division of Nutritional Sciences
Sander Kersten Ph.D. ’97, an experienced molecular nutrition researcher and academic leader, has been named the new director of the Division of Nutritional Sciences, which is shared by the College of Human Ecology (CHE) and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS).
Kersten, who was also named the Schleifer Family Professor in CHE, comes to Cornell from Wageningen University in the Netherlands, where he was most recently professor and chair of the Division