Joy Hayes, MS, RDN, CDCES

Population Health Specialist

Joy Hayes is a population health specialist with more than 30 years of experience as a dietitian and diabetes educator helping people of all ages and diverse backgrounds with prevention and management of heart disease and diabetes. She has a special interest in women’s heart health and the body, heart and mind connection. Ms. Hayes was honored as 2015 Diabetes Educator of the Year by the Diabetes Care and Education Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation.

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The Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation® (MHIF) strives to create a world without heart and vascular disease. To achieve this bold vision, we are dedicated to improving the cardiovascular health of individuals and communities through innovative research and education.

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