Dr. Nitin Shivappa, MBBS, MPH, PhD
Nitin is the Director of Strategic Partnerships. He has been instrumental in the modification and improvement of the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII®). He has translated his intimate working knowledge of the DII® into established cooperative agreements with over 120 research institutions from all around the world. Their interests in utilizing the DII® in research studies with a variety of outcomes range from inflammatory markers to disease end points such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and arthritis. These include Harvard University, Columbia University, University of Minnesota, Karolinska Institute, University of Central London, Ghent University, University of Sao Paolo, and University of Queensland, to mention a few. He has worked extensively within the CHI team to create the codes that are required to calculate DII®. Dr. Shivappa has a sound knowledge and experience in using statistical software such as SPSS® and SAS®, which was used to develop the scoring algorithm for DII®. He is highly knowledgeable in currently available diet and health-related apps, some of which fall short in realizing behavioral changes relative to dietary interventions.