Harriet V. Kuhnlein

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Harriet V. Kuhnlein is professor emerita of Human Nutrition at McGill University.[1] She is also Founding Director of the Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE).[1]

Education

Kuhnlein has a PhD from University of California, Berkeley and an honorary LL.D. from University of Western Ontario.[1]

Research

Kuhnlein's research relates to knowledge of food resources, protection of biocultural diversity, and well-being.[2] Her work has spanned more than 40 Indigenous cultures, including Hopi, Coast Salish, and Haudenosaune peoples.

Awards

In 2024, Kuhnlein was awarded the Distinguished Ethnobiologist Award from the Society of Ethnobiology.[3] Kuhnlein received the Unsung Heroes of McGill award in 2022.[4] Also in 2022, she received the Living Legend Award from the International Union of Nutritional Sciences.[5]

Personal life

Kuhnlein retired from McGill University in 2009. She is married.[6]

Publications

Kuhnlein, Harriet V. Strontium and lead in the Hopi nutritional environment and teeth. PhD dissertation. University of California, 1976.

References

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