| Eric Rimm | |
| Birth Name: | Eric Bruce Rimm |
| Birth Place: | Buffalo, New York[1] |
| Nationality: | American |
| Fields: | Epidemiology Nutrition science |
| Workplaces: | Harvard School of Public Health Harvard Medical School |
| Education: | University of Wisconsin—Madison Computer Science Harvard School of Public Health Epidemiology |
| Thesis Title: | Etiologic and methodologic studies of cardiovascular diseases in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study |
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| Thesis Year: | 1991 |
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| Known For: | Chronic disease epidemiology |
| Awards: | American Society for Nutrition General Mills Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition Innovation Award (2012) |
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Eric Bruce Rimm is an American nutrition scientist and epidemiologist. He is Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and director of the Harvard School of Public Health's Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology. He has researched the relationship between diet and the risk of chronic diseases such as obesity.[2]