
speaker
Yael Joffe
RD, PhD, FACN
Medicine
Nutrition
Cape Town, South Africa
Founder, Chief Scientific Officer, Director, Adjunct Professor
Dr. Joffe is also a fellow podcaster! She is the host of The Power of Genetics, a podcast that features inspiring conversations and practical advice from the world’s top expert practitioners at the forefront of the future of health. Dr. Joffe is an expert in the field of nutrigenomics, starting her career as a dietician before going on to earn her Ph.D. in nutrigenomics from the University of Cape Town, exploring the genetics of obesity. She has authored 3 books, It’s not just your Genes, The SNP Journal, and Genes To Plate, and has been published in peer-reviewed journals. As a true practitioner-scientist, she is passionate about translating the science of nutrigenomics into clinical practice and teaching everyone from students at Rutgers University to clinicians around the world.