Vanessa Weisbrod

The Key and the Kite

Vanessa Weisbrod is the Director of Education and Community Engagement for the Boston Children’s Hospital Celiac Disease Program where she works to build a robust community engagement and education program. Vanessa comes to BCH after 12 years as the Director of the Celiac Disease Program at Children’s National Hospital in Washington DC where she led the effort to create national recommendations for managing children with celiac disease in learning environments and research looking at cross contact with gluten in shared kitchens and schools. Vanessa sits on the executive committee of the Harvard Medical School Celiac Research Program and the board of the Celiac Kids Connection. She is also on the executive council for the Society for the Study of Celiac Disease. She has authored four gluten-free cookbooks and wholeheartedly loves gluten-free food. You can find the celiac program website here: https://www.childrenshospital.org/celiac And check out Vanessa on TikTok here: https://www.tiktok.com/@bostonchildrensceliac