Leila Shinn is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with a master’s degree in Clinical Nutrition. She worked as an undergraduate research assistant in Dr. Holscher’s lab from 2013-2015 during her pursuit of a bachelor’s degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition with a concentration in Dietetics. She started as a pre-doctoral fellow in Fall 2018 and is examining how single, whole foods impact the gastrointestinal microbiome, metagenome, and metabolome.