Tamika Sims, PhD is the Senior Director, Food Technology Communications at the International Food Information Council (IFIC). She is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, where she received her BS in Biology from Spelman College, MS in Biomedical Science (with an emphasis in Microbiology) from Georgia State University, and PhD in Virology and Immunology from Morehouse School of Medicine. Tamika’s graduate research focused on HIV pathogenesis, specifically focused on the ability of the HIV protein Nef to cause apoptosis (cell death) among immune system cells.
She is able to speak about food safety, food production and biotechnology in the food and beverage space.