Speaker Biographies

Dr. Christine M. Bruhn

Consumer Food Marketing Specialist
Director, Center for Consumer Research
University of California, Davis

As a Consumer Food Marketing Specialist, Dr. Bruhn studies consumer attitudes toward food safety and quality and conducts educational programs to inform consumers about new products and new technologies. She has training in food science and consumer economics and holds a PhD in Consumer Behavior from the University of California. She taught food science and consumer courses at the University of California and California State University before joining Cooperative Extension in 1986. Christine Bruhn has authored over one hundred professional papers on consumer attitudes toward food. She is past chair of the Food Science Communicators of the Institute of Food Technologists, has been recognized by the International Association for Food Protection for her work in food safety, is a Fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology of the United Kingdom and a Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists in the United States.

Membership in Professional Associations

• American Council on Consumer Interest
• American Dairy Science Association
• American Dietetic Association
• California Nutrition Council
• Institute of Food Technologists
• Institute of Food Science and Technology, United Kingdom
• International Association for Food Protection
• Phi Tau Sigma Honorary Society
• Sigma Xi
• Society for Nutritional Education

Recent Awards

• Cooperative Extension Distinguished Service Award: Outstanding Teaching, 1992
• Outstanding Performance as a Food Science Communicator, IFT, 1989, 1992
• Ivan Parker Lecturer, for outstanding efforts in food safety, IAMFES, 1998
• Bawden Memorial Lecturer, British Crop Protection Council, United Kingdom, 1999
• Certificate of Merit, International Association for Food Protection, 2000
• G. Malcolm Trout Visiting Scholar, Michigan State University, 2000
• Fellow, Institute of Food Science and Technology, United Kingdom, 2000
• R.E. Engel Award for outstanding contribution and dedication to food irradiation, International Consulting Group on Food Irradiation, Food and Agricultural Organization, International Atomic Energy Agency, and World Health Organization, 2001
• Fellow, Institute of Food Science and Technology, 2002

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