Faculty & Staff - Kendra Byrd

Kendra Byrd, MS, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor 

Building , Rm 

Phone

kbyrd01@calpoly.edu

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Expertise

• Food Systems and Healthy Sustainable Diets
• Dietary Assessment Methodology
• Animal-Source Foods and Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture

Education

• PhD in Biology of Human Nutrition, University of California, Davis (2016)
• MSc in Human Nutrition, California State University, Chico (2006)
• BSc in Biological Sciences, Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu (2003)

Recent Year Teaching Assignments

• Food Customs and Culture (FSN 2250)
• Micronutrient Metabolism (NUTR 3332)

Selected Publications

• Tilley A, Byrd KA (joint first authorship), Longobardi L, Lopes JdR, Bonis-Profumo G, Klumpyan K, Shikuku K. 2026. A combined supply and demand intervention increased the frequency of fish consumption by rural women: a randomized, controlled trial. PLOS ONE 21(2): e0340861
• Robinson JPW, O’Meara L, Fiorella K, Byrd KA, Kjellevold M, Aura CM, Mwirigi N, Ansong R, Graham N, Maire E, Standen S, Omukoto J, Martin S, Karkarey S, Lamont T, Allegretti A, Hicks C. 2025. Dried fish consumption and average nutrient consumption per serving in selected countries in East and West Africa. PNAS 122(39): e2426844122
• Byrd KA, Cohen PJ, Wesana J, Chimatiro S. 2022. Improving access to aquatic foods. Nature Food 3(12): 986–987
• O’Meara L, Cohen P, Simmance F, Nagoli J, Marinda P, Mills D, Thilsted SH, Byrd KA. 2021. Inland fisheries critical for the diet quality of young children. Global Food Security 28: 100483
• Muriuki JM, Mentzer AJ, Mitchell R, Webb EL, Etyang AO, Kyobutungi C, Byrd KA, et al., Atkinson SH. 2021. Malaria is a cause of iron deficiency in African children. Nature Medicine 27
• Byrd KA, Pincus L, Pasqualino MM, Muzofa F, Cole SM. 2021. Dried small fish provide nutrient densities important for the first 1000 days. Maternal & Child Nutrition, e13192