About

Randi L. Wolf is the Ella McCollum Vahlteich Professor of Human Nutrition and the Director of the Program in Nutrition at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is trained as a nutritional epidemiologist and her work primarily focuses on promoting preventive health behaviors in low-income urban, predominantly minority populations of children and adults. Her research includes large randomized controlled trials aimed at increasing fruit and vegetable consumption and colorectal cancer screening, as well as evaluation studies promoting healthy eating at school through nutrition and garden-based education. She has been involved in developing and testing innovative dietary assessment tools, including digital photography, observation, surveys, USDA multiple pass 24-hour recalls, and a novel iPad-based intervention called MySmileBuddy to reduce early childhood caries. Recently, she has collaborated with the Columbia University Celiac Center to understand eating patterns and quality of life in individuals following a strict gluten-free diet. Her work emphasizes creating practical, acceptable, and cost-effective educational approaches for behavior change, establishing rapport and trust within communities, and advancing measurement methods for dietary intake and patterns.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Internal medicine
• Demography
• Family medicine
• Clinical psychology
• Psychology
• Gerontology
• Intensive care medicine
• Psychiatry

Selected publications

• Sa1288 ADOLESCENT AND CAREGIVER PERSONALITY: ASSOCIATIONS WITH DIETARY BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING IN CELIAC DISEASE

  Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2026-05-01

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• Sa1271 HOW STUDENTS WITH CELIAC DISEASE NAVIGATE THEIR TRANSITION TO COLLEGE: THE IMPACT OF EARLY COLLEGE EXPERIENCES ON GLUTEN-FREE DIET ADHERENCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE

  Gastroenterology · 2026-05-01

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• Personality Traits are Associated with Dietary Behaviors and Psychosocial Outcomes in Adolescents with Celiac Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study

  Research Square · 2026-04-19

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• A Prospective Study of Gluten Transfer Through Kissing in Celiac-Discordant Couples

  Gastroenterology · 2026-04-08

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• Sa1271 HOW STUDENTS WITH CELIAC DISEASE NAVIGATE THEIR TRANSITION TO COLLEGE: THE IMPACT OF EARLY COLLEGE EXPERIENCES ON GLUTEN-FREE DIET ADHERENCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE

  Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2026-05-01

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• Sa1281 PREDICTORS OF PATIENT USE OF GLUTEN-TESTING TECHNOLOGY IN CELIAC DISEASE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY

  Gastroenterology · 2026-05-01

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• Sa1281 PREDICTORS OF PATIENT USE OF GLUTEN-TESTING TECHNOLOGY IN CELIAC DISEASE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY

  Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2026-05-01

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• Sa1288 ADOLESCENT AND CAREGIVER PERSONALITY: ASSOCIATIONS WITH DIETARY BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING IN CELIAC DISEASE

  Gastroenterology · 2026-05-01

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• Healthy Prenatal Diet Associated with Lower Risk of Excessive Gestational Weight Gain in a Predominantly Latina Sample: Data

  Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University) · 2026-05-20

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• Remote communications for caries prevention counseling among Pediatric Dentists in the United States

  Digital Dentistry Journal · 2025-11-17 · 1 citations

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  The objective of this study was to estimate pediatric dentists’ practices regarding provision of video/telephone outreach for early childhood caries (ECC) prevention counseling during the COVID-19 pandemic and assess interest in expanding remote communications. Between November 2021 and July 2023, 1639 of 5925 active members of American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry were interviewed and recorded (by zoom) about practices and perspectives regarding ECC. Respondents were compared by gender, type of practice, population served, and beliefs in relation to providing video/telephone outreach for ECC prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic and interest in expanding such outreach. Most (80.3%) did not provide remote communications for ECC prevention counseling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those who did were more likely to be males than females (22.8% vs 17.9%), in safety net (versus private) organizations (29.3% vs 18.4%). Almost half (44.8%) expressed interest in expanding remote communications for ECC prevention, with those practicing in public (versus privately) owned settings being more likely to express interest (68.7% vs 53.3%). Pediatric dentists can help reduce oral health disparities in young children but only if greater numbers implement prevention counseling to reduce exposure and susceptibility.

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Frequent coauthors

• Jane A. Cauley

  University of Pittsburgh

  184 shared

• Mary Pettinger

  163 shared

• Katie L. Stone

  California Pacific Medical Center

  162 shared

• Joel A. Simon

  University of California, San Francisco

  162 shared

• Meryl S. LeBoff

  Brigham and Women's Hospital

  162 shared

• Cora E. Lewis

  University of Alabama at Birmingham

  162 shared

• Andrea Z. LaCroix

  University of California, San Diego

  162 shared

• Michael C. Nevitt

  University of California, San Francisco

  162 shared

Education

• B.S.

  Cornell University

• Other

  University of Pittsburgh

• Ph.D.

  University of Pittsburgh