Research Associate

Katherine Ford, RD, PhD

Dr. Katherine Ford is a Research Associate with the Canadian Nutrition Society and Canadian Malnutrition Task Force. She is supporting the Canadian Malnutrition Taskforce with bridging the transfer of nutrition care from hospital to community.

Katherine is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo where her research focuses on integrating a malnutrition care standard in Canadian hospitals and advancing the health policy landscape for malnutrition. Katherine utilizes her experience as Dietitian to bring a clinical perspective to her research and is interested in better understanding the impact of nutritional assessment and interventions on patient-oriented outcomes and how to spread and scale effective interventions focused on improving malnutrition care.

Dr. Ford is a Registered Dietitian and a past CIHR Health Systems Impact and Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellow. She received her PhD in nutrition and metabolism from the University of Alberta, her MSc in nutrition from the University of Saskatchewan, and BSc and Dietetic Internship from the University of Prince Edward Island. Her work has led to >20 journal publication, 3 book chapters and several national and international presentations.