Dr. Nile Nair is an international postdoctoral research fellow from Fiji in the Nutrition and Global Health Program at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Trained as a clinical geneticist and surgical researcher, his clinical research has primarily focused on maternal-fetal health and diet clinical trials, genetics of inflammatory bowel disease, microbiome interactions with disease, and novel biomarkers of chronic diseases.
Nile earned his PhD at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Population Health Sciences, focusing on climate change, planetary, and human health. His work at Harvard involves studying the effects of climate change and the accelerated nutrition transition on indigenous populations through the lens of dietary colonialism and the disproportionate impacts of climate change on minoritized populations. His research also examines the nexus of climate justice, human nutrition, and planetary health, advocating for more sustainable dietary guidelines to reduce the greenhouse impact of global food systems. Part of his work also involves addressing the structural violence embodied in the current climate crisis and its effects on minority groups in the US and around the world.