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Yuka Asada, PhD RD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Community Health Sciences

Pronouns: She/Her

Office Hours

Office Hours - Fall 2025 Semester
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday 03:30pm – 06:30pm Please email to schedule
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About

Yuka Asada, PhD, RD, is a Registered Dietitian and Clinical Assistant Professor of Community Health Sciences in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois Chicago. She has advanced training and over a decade of experience conducting qualitative and mixed methods studies that examine nutrition policy implementation related to K-12 schools, early childcare settings, and sugary beverage taxation. Across these topics, her research seeks to understand how nutrition policy implementation can advance health equity. She is a dedicated educator in the Doctor of Public Health in Leadership (DrPH) at SPH (UIC).