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Krystle Zuniga PhD, RD, CSO, LD

Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Texas at Austin.

Owner, Cancer Nutrition HQ.

Krystle is an experienced clinician, educator, scientist, and science communicator. Her research in the area of nutrition, physical activity, and cancer has been published in Cancer Prevention Research, Journal of Nutrition, Nutrition and Cancer, and Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. In addition to her current position as Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at University of Texas at Austin, she is a board certified oncology dietitian and owner of the private practice and social media account Cancer Nutrition HQ, where she strives to combat misinformation, share the latest research in nutrition and cancer, and translate the science into everyday actions cancer survivors can take to support their health and quality of life with nutrition. Krystle is also a founding board member of the Moving Beyond Cancer Collaborative, a non-profit that provides accessible and affordable integrative oncology health and wellness services.