Chris Vogliano Phd, RDN
Hi there! I'm Chris Vogliano, a food systems scientist working at the intersection of biodiversity, nutrition, and climate. Currently I’m co-leading the World Food Map at Wageningen University, and am the co-founder and Director of Global Research for the non-profit Food + Planet.
I have spent the past decade helping governments, researchers, and communities, from Solomon Islands to Washington D.C., build food systems that are better for people and the planet at the same time. I welcome conversations with collaborators, funders, and teams working to move food systems forward.
For the fuller picture, my current positions, recent presentations, and publications are below. And if anything here sparks a connection, please reach out.
current & recent positions
Co-founder, Director of Global Research
Founded in 2020, Food + Planet is a collective, visionary 501(c)(3) engaging health professionals to be leaders in sustainable food systems.
Sustainable Protein Research Consultant
The Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI) is a global effort to provide data-driven solutions to transform food systems for improved human and planetary health.
Global Nutrition Research Specialist
Nutrition The Global Diet Quality Project, a collaborative research project hosted at Harvard University, developed tools to collect national diet data in 100+ countries. Currently,~85 countries have national diet data, collected by Gallup World Polls.
Global Food Systems Technical Advisor
USAID Advancing Nutrition, USAID’s flagship multi-sectoral nutrition project focused on building nutrition capacity across key LMIC countries. This project ended in 2024.
Selected Talks
& Keynotes
FoodFluence Presentation, Scotland, 2024
Co-hosted a week-long regenerative aquatic foods convening with 20 global experts in Bellagio Italy, with funding support from Rockefeller Foundation, Builders Initiative, and The Nature Conservancy. July 2023.
2026
Harnessing the Power of Blue Foods for Human and Planetary Health: A Culinary Medicine Approach for Clinical Practice Teaching Kitchen Collaborative Webinar — Virtual
2025
The World Food Map: A New Tool for Understanding Edible Biodiversity for Resilient and Sustainable Food Systems IUNS International Congress of Nutrition — Paris, France
Unlocking the Nutritional and Safety Potential of North American Seaweed and Bivalves: A Farmer-Led, Multi-Omics Study UN FAO International Food Data Conference — Rome, Italy
Global Protein Solutions with Foodomics: Rethinking Protein Quality for Health and Planet Periodic Table of Foods Initiative Science Symposium — Virtual
Exploring the Global Diet Quality Project and the World Food Map Wageningen University & Research — Wageningen, Netherlands (Invited Guest Lecture)
Collecting Dietary Data Using a 5-Minute Survey Module (DQQ) Adapted for 100+ Countries IMMANA ANH Academy Week, Learning Lab — Virtual
2024
Advancing Sustainable Diets for North American Dietitians (Keynote) FoodFluence Dietitian Influencer Conference — Edinburgh, Scotland
2023
Regenerative Aquatic Foods for Human and Planetary Health (Lead Convener & Opening Keynote) Bellagio Global Expert Convening — Bellagio, Italy
2022
What the World Eats: Methodology and Global Insights International Congress of Nutrition — Tokyo, Japan
Metrics for Monitoring Healthy Diets Globally (Invited Expert Convening) WHO / FAO / UNICEF Bellagio Consensus — Bellagio, Italy
IYCF and MDD-W: Updated Guidelines, Evidence, and Survey Tools USAID, UNICEF & WHO Webinar
2019
Biodiverse Food Systems for Healthy and Sustainable Diets Nutrition Society of New Zealand (Kei tua i te kaitōtika) — Napier, New Zealand
Leveraging Agrobiodiverse Food Systems in Pacific Small Island Developing States LCIRAH Agriculture Nutrition and Health Academy Week — Hyderabad, India
Sustainable Diets for Food and Nutrition Security (Invited Guest Lecture) Solomon Islands National University — Honiara, Solomon Islands
Academic PUBLICATIONS
2025
Van Zonneveld, M., Khoury, C. K., Herforth, A., Vogliano, C., Fowler, C., Gora, S., … & Schranz, E. (2025). Reversing vegetable biodiversity loss to diversify diets. SSRN. Link
Chicoma, J. L., & Vogliano, C. (2025). The Elephant at the Table: Policy Pathways to Confront Power in Food Systems. The New Institute. Open access
Herforth, A. W., Sokourenko, K., Gonzalez, B. C., Uyar, B. T., Bulungu, A. L., & Vogliano, C. (2025). Adaptation of the Diet Quality Questionnaire as a global public good for use in 140 countries. Current Developments in Nutrition, 9, 104499.
2024
Vogliano, C., Kennedy, G., Thilsted, S., Mbuya, M. N., Battista, W., Sadoff, C., … & Alleway, H. (2024). Regenerative aquatic foods can be a win–win for human and planetary health. Nature Food, 5(9), 718–719.
Downs, S., Warne, T., McClung, S., Vogliano, C., Alexander, N., Kennedy, G., … & Crum, J. (2024). Piloting market food environment assessments in LMICs: a feasibility assessment and lessons learned. Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 45(4), 125–141.
2023
Vogliano, C., Varela, V., Woldt, M., Alayon, S., Hackl, L., Kennedy, G., & Yourkavitch, J. (2023). Assessing the performance of national sentinel food lists at subnational levels in six countries. Public Health Nutrition, 1–27.
Verger, E. O., Savy, M., Martin-Prével, Y., Coates, J., Frongillo, E. A., Neufeld, L. M., Saha, K., Hayashi, C., Holmes, B., Vogliano, C., Borghi, E., & Branca, F. (2023). Healthy diet metrics: A suitability assessment of indicators for global and national monitoring purposes. World Health Organization.
2022
Uyar, B. T., Talsma, E. F., Herforth, A. W., Trijsburg, L. E., Vogliano, C., Pastori, G., & Brouwer, I. D. (2022). The DQQ is a valid tool to collect population level food group consumption data: A study among women in Ethiopia, Viet Nam, and Solomon Islands. The Journal of Nutrition.
2021
Vogliano, C., Raneri, J. E., Coad, J., Tutua, S., Wham, C., Lachat, C., & Burlingame, B. (2021). Dietary agrobiodiversity for improved nutrition and health outcomes within a transitioning Indigenous Solomon Island food system. Food Security, 1–29.
Vogliano, C., Raneri, J., & Tutua, S. (2021). Indigenous Peoples' food systems: Insights on sustainability and resilience from the front line of climate change. Chapter 4: From the ocean to the mountains: Storytelling in the Pacific Islands. FAO & Alliance Bioversity–CIAT, Rome.
Full publication list available on request.