Chris Mills

Dr. Christine (Chris) Mills joined the Nutrition & Aging lab in September 2023 as a Provost’s Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellow. Chris is a registered dietitian with a Ph.D. in Aging & Health from Queen’s University. Chris is co-supervised by Professor Heather Keller and Dr. George Heckman. Christine’s research examines nutrition risk in older adults and the nutrition education needs of older adults and interprofessional healthcare providers. Her dissertation research explored nutrition risk in community-dwelling Canadian adults at midlife and beyond using data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

Her other research interests include naturally occurring retirement communities, interprofessional primary care, weight bias, food insecurity, and unpaid caregiving. Chris completed her undergraduate studies in applied human nutrition at the University of Guelph, and her master of public health in nutrition and dietetics and dietetic internship at the University of Toronto. Chris has work experience in interprofessional primary care, primarily in Community Health Centres, and in public health.