Christine L. Sardo, M.P.H., R.D.
Partnerships and Policies Director, Canyon Ranch Institute
Christine L. Sardo has specialized in healthcare, nutrition, medicine, and disease prevention for more than 20 years. She has worked in both the public and private sectors, and has an enduring passion for helping people achieve healthy lifestyles and optimal nutrition.
Christine leads partnership and policy functions for Canyon Ranch Institute, and is the program manager for Canyon Ranch Institute’s partnerships with the Lance Armstrong Foundation and the Cleveland Clinic. Canyon Ranch Institute is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Canyon Ranch Institute (CRI) catalyzes the possibility of optimal health for all people by translating the best practices of Canyon Ranch and CRI’s partners to help educate, inspire, and empower every person to prevent disease and choose a life of wellness.
Prior to joining Canyon Ranch Institute in February 2009, Christine managed the Cancer Chemoprevention Clinical Trials with black raspberries at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center in Columbus, Ohio. She has also served as a research and planning analyst for the Leo Burnett Company in Chicago and a senior pharmaceutical representative for SmithKline Beecham and Janssen Pharmaceutica (Johnson & Johnson) in Columbus, Ohio. Christine has also worked as a research assistant at the National Institutes of Health – National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, in the laboratory of Dr. Theodor Kolobow, investigating novel lung ventilation devices.
Collaborating with the public and her professional colleagues, Christine has developed educational seminars, articles, videos, and cooking demonstrations to improve health literacy about how we can all achieve optimal wellness. For example, in addition to her leadership role at Canyon Ranch Institute, Christine also serves as the nutrition and cancer prevention and survivorship expert for LIVESTRONG.com. She regularly contributes articles, posts blogs, and answers readers’ questions about how to prevent cancer through nutrition.
In addition, Christine has taught cancer prevention and survivorship seminars and led educational sessions in the United States and internationally. Among those numerous presentations, Christine is particularly pleased to have had the opportunity to present at The Ohio State University Lance Armstrong Center of Excellence; Dr. Andrew Weil’s Nutrition and Health: State of the Science and Clinical Applications conference; Canyon Ranch; the American Dietetic Association’s National Conference; and Peking University Health Sciences Center in Beijing, China.
Christine has authored and co-authored several nutrition and chemoprevention articles for the public and for peer-reviewed publications, including the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Seminars in Cancer Biology, and Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention. She was also a contributor to the National Call to Action on Cancer Prevention and Survivorship.
Christine earned a bachelor’s of science degree in pre-medicine and nutrition from The Ohio State University, and a master’s in public health degree from the University of Minnesota. She completed a National Institutes of Health Fellowship in Patient-Based Clinical Research and is a registered dietitian. She is currently completing her doctorate in public health epidemiology. She is also a board member of The Wellness Community, an active member of the American Dietetic Association, and past-president of the Columbus Dietetic Association.
Christine enjoys running, swimming, yoga, aerobic kick boxing, and has completed three marathons.