Alumni Spotlight: Nathalie Marchand, ScD, MS ’13

Nathalie Marchand, ScD, MS ’13

• Field: Nutritional Epidemiology
• Position at the time of this profile: Senior Epidemiologist at Babylon, a digital healthcare provider
• Doctoral education: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, ScD in Nutrition and Epidemiology
• Undergraduate education: Wellesley College
• Hometown: Webster, New York

How did your experience at IHN shape your career?

My experience at IHN offered tremendous academic and personal benefits. The program’s broad curriculum allowed me to explore the many areas of nutrition that interested me and ultimately helped me identify nutritional epidemiology as the field I wanted to pursue.

Beyond the program’s academic strengths, the enthusiasm and support of the IHN faculty and staff made my year both enjoyable and exciting. I left the program with a clearer sense of my professional interests and the confidence to pursue them.

What developments are shaping your field today?

Artificial intelligence (AI) has tremendous potential to strengthen research and improve health. As these technologies continue to advance, they will create new opportunities to analyze complex health data, identify patterns, and develop more effective approaches to disease prevention and care.