Loneke Blackman Carr

Dr. Loneke T. Blackman Carr is an Assistant Professor of Community & Public Health Nutrition at the University of Connecticut. She is also a registered dietician whose research is purposed to serve the needs of black women and their health. Her work focuses on behavioral weight control interventions with an emphasis on weight loss. Dr. Blackman Carr is committed to investigating solutions that employ the collective strengths and unique assests of the black community to improve health. She has been featured on the Food Heave Made Easy Podcast, the News & Observer newspaper and WURD Radio in Philadelphia.