Dana DeSilva, PhD, RD
Dana is an ORISE Health Policy Fellow in the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), where she assists in the coordination and development of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Previously, Dana was an ORISE fellow at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) at the FDA. Prior to her federal work, Dana conducted nutrition research at UNC Greensboro, studying the underlying mechanisms of obesity.