Maureen Spill, Ph.D., is the Program Lead of Nutrition and Health at the Texas A&M Agriculture, Food, & Nutrition Evidence Center. She received her BS in Food Science from the Pennsylvania State University, her MS in Food Science from the University of California-Davis, and her PhD in Nutrition Science from the Pennsylvania State University.

Dr. Spill has more than 20 years of food and nutrition research experience. She was a lead analyst for the USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion Nutrition Evidence Systematic Review (NESR) team from 2014 – 2022. She led systematic reviews used to inform the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015-2020 and 2020-2025 editions. Her interest is in advancing review methodology and tools. Prior to her work with NESR, she was a senior research associate on the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods team at Pew Charitable Trusts, a post-doctorate fellow in the Laboratory of Human Ingestive Behavior at Penn State University, and a senior researcher at Campbell Arnott’s in Sydney, Australia.

Email: maureen.spill@ag.tamu.edu