Sylvia H Ley, PhD, RD

Ley lab focuses on developing nutritional and life-course strategies to  prevent and manage chronic diseases and using innovative AI / machine learning approaches to seek solutions. 

Dr. Ley is Associate Professor at Indiana University Indianapolis where she mentors PhD student research and teaches nutrition courses. She has over 80 peer-reviewed publications, which have been cited over 16,000 times and funded by various sources including NSF, NIH, and CIHR. She serves as co-Chair of Women's Interprofessional Network, American Diabetes Association; Associate Editor, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition; and Nutrition Consensus Report Technical Expert Panel, American Diabetes Association.

Dr. Ley completed her postdoctoral training in nutrition and epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, doctoral study in maternal and infant nutrition at University of Toronto, and Registered Dietitian training at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Women’s College Hospital.