Dr. Chris Vogliano, RDN
I am an award-winning food systems expert with deep expertise in nutrition security and sustainable food systems. Throughout my career, I have been known for my international collaborations with prominent organizations such as Bioversity International, CGIAR, GAIN, USAID, and the Rockefeller Foundation. I co-developed the pioneering global diet quality monitoring system, which is now active in over 100 countries. My transformative research on indigenous food systems for the United Nations FAO in the Solomon Islands has been widely recognized.
I hold a PhD in Public Health Nutrition & Food Systems and have a strong track record of making influential academic contributions, including delivering over 80 presentations worldwide and authoring numerous publications. My technical expertise is centered on developing tools and strategies to promote healthier and more sustainable dietary patterns globally, aiming to make a significant impact on public health and environmental sustainability.
Below are my professional positions, recent presentations, and academic publications.
current/recent positions
Co-founder, Director of Global Research
Founded in 2020, Food + Planet is a collective, visionary 501(c)(3) engaging health professionals to be leaders in sustainable food systems.
Sustainable Protein Research Consultant
The Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI) is a global effort to provide data-driven solutions to transform food systems for improved human and planetary health.
Global Nutrition Research Specialist
Nutrition The Global Diet Quality Project, a collaborative research project hosted at Harvard University, developed tools to collect national diet data in 100+ countries. Currently,~85 countries have national diet data, collected by Gallup World Polls.
Global Food Systems Technical Advisor
USAID Advancing Nutrition, USAID’s flagship multi-sectoral nutrition project focused on building nutrition capacity across key LMIC countries. This project ended in 2024.
Academic PRESENTATIONS
FoodFluence Presentation, Scotland, 2024
Co-hosted a week-long regenerative aquatic foods convening with 20 global experts in Bellagio Italy, with funding support from Rockefeller Foundation, Builders Initiative, and The Nature Conservancy. July 2023.
Columbia University, New York, NY, 2024
The Culinary Institute of America – New York, USA, 2024
University of California – Los Angeles, California, 2024
FoodFluence Dietitian Influencer Conference – Edinburgh, Scotland, 2024
Convening on Regenerative Aquatic Foods – Bellagio, Italy, 2023
International Congress of Nutrition – Tokyo, Japan, 2022
WHO/FAO/UNICEF Bellagio Consensus Convening – Bellagio, Italy, 2022
IMMANA ANH Academy Week – Learning Lab (Virtual), 2022
USAID, UNICEF, and WHO Webinar – Virtual 2022
International Congress of Dietetic Associations (ICDA) - Workshop, Cape Town South Africa – Virtual 2021
IMMANA ANH Academy Week Learning Lab – Virtual 2021
Today’s Dietitian Symposium – Master Class (Virtual), 2020
Nutrition Society of New Zealand, (Kei tua i te kaitōtika) – Napier, New Zealand, 2019
Solomon Islands National University – Honiara, Solomon Islands (Melanesia), 2019
LCIRAH Agriculture Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Week – Hyderabad, India, 2019
IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion – Rotorua, New Zealand, 2019
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) – Rome, Italy, 2018
National Dietetic Association of Philippines Annual Symposium – Davao, Philippines, 2018
Food Tank & Barilla Centre for Food & Nutrition (BCFN) – Webinar 2018
UN FAO, Accelerating the End of Malnutrition – Bangkok, Thailand 2018
Academic PUBLICATIONS
Burns, J., Jen Burns, Ncube-Murakwani P., Vogliano C., Sherburne L., Thurman S., & Sethuraman K. Food-based recommendations for improving complementary feeding in Zimbabwe. Field Exchange 72, April 2024. p25. Available at: www.ennonline.net/fex/72/
Vogliano, C., Varela, V., Woldt, M., Alayon, S., Hackl, L., Kennedy, G., & Yourkavitch, J. (2023). Assessing the performance of national sentinel food lists at subnational levels in six countries. Public Health Nutrition, 1-27.
Verger EO., Savy M., Martin-Prével Y., Coates J., Frongillo E., Neufeld L., Vogliano C., et al. (2023). Healthy diet metrics: a suitability assessment of indicators for global and national monitoring purposes. Geneva: World Health Organization. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
Uyar, B. T., Talsma, E. F., Herforth, A. W., Trijsburg, L. E., Vogliano, C., Pastori, G., & Brouwer, I. D. (2022). The DQQ is a valid tool to collect population level food group consumption data: A study among women in Ethiopia, Viet Nam, and Solomon Islands. The Journal of Nutrition.
Ma, S., Herforth, A. W., Vogliano, C., & Zou, Z. (2022). Most Commonly Consumed Food Items by Food Group, and by Province, in China: Implications for Diet Quality Monitoring. Nutrients, 14(9), 1754.
Ahmed, S., Kennedy, G., Crum, J., Vogliano, C., McClung, S., & Anderson, C. (2021). Suitability of Data-Collection Methods, Tools and Metrics for Evaluating Market Food Environments in Low-and Middle-Income Countries. MDPI Foods, 10(11), 2728.
Vogliano C., Geagan K., Chou S., & Palmer S. (2021). Empowering Nutrition Professionals to Advance Sustainable Food Systems. White Paper. United States. Food and Planet. Available at: www.foodandplanet.org.
Vogliano, C., Raneri, J. E., Coad, J., Tutua, S., Wham, C., Lachat, C., & Burlingame, B. (2021). Dietary agrobiodiversity for improved nutrition and health outcomes within a transitioning Indigenous Solomon Island food system. Food Security, 1-29.
Vogliano, C., Murray, L., Coad, J., Wham, C., Maelaua, J., Kafa, R., & Burlingame, B. (2021). Progress towards SDG 2: Zero hunger in Melanesia–A state of data scoping review. Global Food Security, 29, 100519.
Vogliano, C., Raneri, J., Tutua S. (2021). Indigenous Peoples’ food systems: Insights on sustainability and resilience from the front line of climate change. Chapter 4: From the ocean to the mountains: Storytelling in the Pacific Islands. FAO and Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. Rome.
Vogliano C., Raneri J., Burlingame B., (2021). A participatory approach to characterize and assess resilience of Indigenous food systems in Solomon Islands to strengthen local capacities and inform global debates on sustainability. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. [Under final edits]
Vogliano, C., Wham, C., Coad, J., & Burlingame, B. (2019). Can Leveraging Agrobiodiverse Food Systems Help Reverse the Rise of Malnutrition in Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS)? Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Proceedings, 37(1), 18.
Burlingame, B., Vogliano, C., Eme, P. (2019). Leveraging agricultural biodiversity for sustainable diets, highlighting Pacific Small Island Developing States. In Barling D. & Fanzo. J. (Vol 4), Advances in Food Security and Sustainability (pp.133-173) Academic Press.
Jones, R., Vogliano, C., Burlingame, B. (2018). Sustainable diets & food-based dietary guidelines. Sustainable diets: Linking nutrition & food systems (Eds. Burlingame & Dernini). Centre for Agriculture & Bioscience International (CABI), Oxfordshire, UK.
Haynes, E., Brown, C. R., Wou, C., Vogliano, C., Guell, C., Unwin, N. (2018). Health and other impacts of community food production in small island developing states: A systematic scoping review. Revista panamericana de salud publica (Pan American Journal of Public Health), 42, e176.
Vogliano, C., & Brown, K. (2016). The state of America’s wasted food and opportunities to make a difference. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 116(7), 1199-1207.
Vogliano, C., Steiber, A., & Brown, K. (2015). Linking agriculture, nutrition, and health: The role of the registered dietitian nutritionist. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 115(10), 1710-1714.
Vogliano, C., Brown, K., Miller, A. M., Green-Burgeson, D., Copenhaver, A. A., & Schmidt, J. (2015). Plentiful, Nutrient-dense food for the world: A guide for registered dietitian nutritionists. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 115(12), 2014-2018.