Katie Forth

Katie Forth is a senior associate with Feeding Change within the Health pillar at the Milken Institute. She supports the portfolio’s Food Is Medicine workstream, which addresses diet-related chronic disease, promotes food security, and strengthens the systems that make nourishing food more accessible. Previously, she was an associate with the Milken Institute’s FasterCures portfolio, where she contributed to nonprofit capacity-building initiatives and conducted research on patient engagement in medtech and clinical trial equity. 

Forth earned her master of public health in food, nutrition, and population health from the University of California, Berkeley. During her graduate studies, she worked on research projects examining front-of-package added sugar warninglabel policies, weight-loss approaches and diet quality, local food systems sustainability, and state-level organic food-waste bans. She also holds a BA in international studies, environmental sustainability, and global health from American University.