Biography
Lauren Roberson is an Assistant Professor in the Human Nutrition Program, Department of Human Sciences. She also holds a joint appointment as a State Specialist in the Department of Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Kentucky, with expertise in strategic communication, health marketing, and health campaigns in a nutrition and wellness context. Her research program is grounded in community-engaged scholarship. She addresses community needs and co-develops campaigns, interventions, and nutrition education curricula with community partners to meet identified needs. With emphasis on behavior change across the lifespan, with a particular focus on aging, Roberson incorporates behavior change theory into her research design to build self-efficacy, requisite skills, and resources for behavioral maintenance.
Roberson’s research has been published in Educational Gerontology, the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, and Nutrition Today. She is co-editor of “Food & Supplement Medication Interactions” and co-author of a book chapter, “The Esports Athlete’s Nutrition Playbook,” to be published in the Handbook of Esports Medicine, both of which are to be released in Spring 2026. The latter two works are clinician focused, with translatable guidance for registered dietitian nutritionists and other members of the interdisciplinary team.