Helping others discover and enjoy healthy diets

Health and AthleticsEducation and AcademiaScience and Research
Written By Stuart McNish

Guest: Dr. Chana Davis (science communicator)

Chana Davis, PhD is a scientist and mother of three who who loves helping others to discover and enjoy a healthy diet, rich in delicious, nutritious plants.

Chana is equally passionate about empowering others to make food choices from a place of knowledge rather than rooted in fear or hype.

She spent the first chapter of her career in biomedical research completing a PhD in genetics at Stanford, researching cancer at the Canary Foundation and Genentech, and translating personalized medicine strategies at Genome BC, before shifting her focus towards the science of healthy eating.

Chana founded Fueled by Science in 2018 to share science-based information and plant-based inspiration from her family’s kitchen. Her recipes are plant-based, simple, delicious, and kid-approved, thanks to her live-in testers (twin girls age 4, boy, age 8).

In this episode of Careers That Matter, Dr Davis takes us inside her career – a career that is making a difference.

For more information https://fueledbyscience.com

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