Dr. Wilna Oldewage-Theron Ph.D., RD(SA) is a Professor of Nutrition and the Graduate Advisor in the College of Human Sciences at Texas Tech University where she teaches face to face undergraduate and online graduate courses in community nutrition and food and nutrition security respectively. She has twenty years of Community Nutrition research experience in Africa and is a National Research Foundation (NRF)-rated researcher in South Africa (SA). Her research interests include the factors contributing to household food insecurity and malnutrition in resource-poor communities where she has investigated the effect of various interventions, such as food fortification, supplementation, nutrition education, food product development, and implementation, as well as school feeding programs on food insecurity, dietary diversity and nutritional status of women, children and seniors. Her community research and development program at present is mainly focused on the double burden of disease (micronutrient deficiencies and lifestyle diseases) among women, children, and seniors. She is also doing research investigating the barriers to exclusive breastfeeding in SA and Lubbock to plan an appropriate nutrition education program for pregnant and lactating women. During 2016, 2017, and 2018, she was a consultant for WISHH facilitating a USDA Cochran workshop on school feeding programs for delegates from various African and South American countries. She has also been involved in impact studies for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (SA), Joint Aid Management, the United States Potato Board, and the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (USA). She has successfully advised 12 Postdoctoral Fellows, 15 Ph.D. and 27 Masters students and has published four book chapters, 95 peer-reviewed articles and one scientific letter in scientific journals. She has also presented more than 100 papers at national and international conferences.