Valisa E. Hedrick Associate Professor Virginia Tech

Dr. Valisa E. Hedrick is an Associate Professor at Virginia Tech, USA. Her current research primarily focuses on the development and translation of dietary assessment methodology for the prevention and treatment of obesity and related comorbidities. Specific research areas are focused on the quantification and dietary analysis of sugar-sweetened beverage intake, as well as the effects of sugar-sweetened and artificially-sweetened or non-nutritive sweetener beverages on cardiovascular-related outcomes using subjective and objective dietary assessment methods within clinical-community based settings. Dr. Hedrick has over 60 peer-reviewed publications and is currently the principal investigator on three National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants. Two of these grants examine the impact of non-nutritive sweetener intake on glycemia in older adults with prediabetes.