Sara Mahdavi
RD, MSc, PhD
Qualification
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Multi-Omics Approaches to Human Longevity, Women’s Health, Food Bioactives, and Dermatology) Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, USA
- Post-Doctoral Fellow (Coffee, Human Genomics and Kidney Health in Young Adults) University of Padova, Vascular Medicine Department, Padova, Italy, 2020-2021
- Doctor of Philosophy (Nutritional Genomics in Cardiovascular Health in Young Adults) University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Canada, 2015-2018
- Master of Science (Clinical Exercise Physiology Hemodialysis) University of Toronto, Faculty of Exercise Sciences, Toronto, Canada, 2011-2013
- Graduate Dietetic Internship (Nephrology Subspecialty) Manitoba Internship Program, Winnipeg, Canada, 2005-2006
- Bachelor of Science (Human Ecology and Nutrition) Western University, Department of Nutrition, London, Canada 2003-2005
- Bachelor of Science (Biology and Marine Ecology) Western University, Faculty of Science, London, Canada 2000-2003
Dr. Sara Mahdavi is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she is completing a second postdoctoral fellowship on human aging and longevity predictors, and an adjunct professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto. She holds a PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, where her research focused on gene–environment interactions in cardiometabolic disease. She also completed a joint postdoctoral fellowship in the genetics of caffeine metabolism and hypertension at the University of Padova, Italy.
Her research program bridges multi-omics technologies, wearable biosensors, and human nutrition intervention trials, with a focus on regenerative medicine, women’s health, and human longevity. She leads the design and implementation of N-of-1 and population-based trials involving whole food interventions, micronutrient supplementation, and clinical biomarker discovery, integrating biobanking, high-dimensional data, and systems-level analytics. Her current work explores the clinical utility of nutrition-driven multi-omics to guide precision care, improve healthspan, and enable translational models of dietary response.
At Harvard and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dr. Mahdavi contributes to landmark longitudinal research, including the Nurses’ Health Study, to investigate the role of diet, bioactives, and hormonal transitions in healthy aging trajectories. Her findings on sex-specific responses and multidomain computation of aging—spanning cognitive, physical, metabolic, and reproductive health—have gained widespread media and academic recognition.
Dr. Mahdavi is an internationally recognized and sought-after speaker in the fields of clinical nutrition, translational omics, and personalized health. She frequently presents at global conferences on the application of big data, molecular profiling, and precision medicine in aging and chronic disease prevention. She serves on scientific advisory boards and collaborates with partners across academia, government, biotech, and industry to advance integrative, evidence-based solutions in health care. Her work aims to bridge biological complexity with individualized prevention strategies to extend healthspan and improve outcomes for diverse populations.