Dr. Shreela Sharma is Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Texas, School of Public Health in Houston, Texas. Dr. Sharma is a behavioral epidemiologist with specific interest in food insecurity, nutritional epidemiology and diet-related chronic diseases in vulnerable, underserved populations and has a robust, federally-funded research program in this area. Dr. Sharma is committed to serving the community; she is co-founder of Brighter Bites, a nationwide non-profit dedicated to providing fresh produce and nutrition education to low income children and their families. Brighter Bites has distributed over 50 million pounds of produce to over 500,000 families across nine cities in the United States since its inception in 2012. Dr. Sharma has a PhD in Epidemiology with a minor in biostatistics and health promotion, and is a registered dietitian in the state of Texas.