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Registered Dietitian, Nutrition, Malnutrition, Weight Loss, Wounds, Geriatric Nutrition, Vanderbilt Diet, Body Composition, Human Metabolism Core

EDUCATION

  • B.S. University of Massachusetts-Amherst: Speech and Hearing Science with a minor in Psychology. 1977
  • M.S.  Florida International University, Miami: Nutrition and Dietetics, Master’s Thesis: Effects of menu change and nutrition education on food waste in 12 Broward County elementary school lunch programs of differing socioeconomic status. 1991
  • R.D.  Plantation General Hospital, Florida: Dietetic Internship, one-year internship with rotations in clinical nutrition, community nutrition, weight management, food service and food production. 1990-91
  • Ph.D.  Florida International University, Miami: Nutrition, Doctoral Dissertation: Stressors, mediators, and health care outcomes of home enteral nutrition in a multi-ethnic group of head and neck cancer patients from the Miami Veterans Administration and the tube-feeding tasks and preparedness of their family caregivers. 2001

LEADERSHIP TRAINING:

  • 2005 Dannon Institute: Early Career Academic Nutrition Leadership Institute
  • 2010 Vanderbilt Faculty Development Workshop: The Science of Unconscious Bias
  • 2011 Vanderbilt Faculty Development Workshop: Educational Scholarship
  • 2012 Vanderbilt Faculty Development Workshop: Teams, Resources and Relationships
  • 2013 Vanderbilt Faculty Development Workshop: Removing Barriers to Innovation
  • 2014 Dannon Institute: Mid-Career Academic Nutrition Leadership Institute
  • 2014 Vanderbilt Faculty Development Workshop: Team Building
  • 2015 Tennessee Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Leadership Institute
  • 2016 Tennessee Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Leadership Institute
  • 2018 Vanderbilt Faculty Development Workshop: Professionalism and Culture
  • 2021 Vanderbilt Faculty Development Workshop: Emotional Intelligence
  • 2022 Vanderbilt Faculty Development Workshop: Cultural Intelligence

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATIONS:

  • Certified Dance Exercise Trainer, International Dance Exercise Association, 1985
  • Certified Exercise and Fitness Trainer, Aerobics and Fitness Association of America, 1986
  • Registered Dietitian (RD), American Dietetic Association, 1991
  • Certified Food Service Manager, National Restaurant Association, 1992
  • Certified Nutrition Support Dietitian (CNSD), American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 1993
  • Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist, State of Tennessee, 2003
  • Certified Bone Densitometrist, Radiology Education Seminars (RES), 2007

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

  • Florida International University, Miami, FL: Adjunct Instructor, Medical Nutrition Therapy Course & Lab, Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, Design and conduct Medical Nutrition Therapy Course and Lab for class of 63 undergraduate and graduate students; Maintain office hours for dietetics students; grade papers and exams.1998 – 1999
  • Florida International University, Miami, FL: Research Assistant Professor of Dietetics and Nutrition, National Policy and Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging, 2001 – 2003
  • Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN: Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, 2003 – 2012
  • Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN: Research Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, 2012 – 2019
  • Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN: Research Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, 2019 –
  • Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, TN: Research Associate Professor, 2012-2019
  • Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, TN: Research Professor, 2019 –
  • Director: Vanderbilt Diet, Body Composition, and Human Metabolism Core Lab, Vanderbilt Center for Human Nutrition, 2012-
  • Director: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Metabolic Kitchen, 2016-2021.
  • Department of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN: Health Scientist, 2016-
  • Kansas University Medical Center: Special Graduate Faculty, Department of Dietetics & Nutrition, 2017-18
  • State University: Special Graduate Faculty, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, 2021-2023

OTHER EMPLOYMENT:

  • Atlanta Area School for the Deaf, Atlanta, GA: Audiologist Assistant and Interpreter: Hired as first teacher to bring American Sign Language course and methods to kindergarten and first grade classrooms of fully hearing-impaired students, 1977 – 1980
  • New York Telephone Company, NYC, NY: Corporate Wellness Program Director: Designed, advertised, and implemented corporate wellness program for company management and staff with focus on aerobics and strength training classes, smoking cessation classes, and nutrition education classes. 1980 – 1988
  • School Board of Broward County, Florida: Chairperson, Nutrition Subcommittee: Convened committee of 60 administrators, educators, parents, community volunteers and dietitians to evaluate and implement changes to school food service to make food offerings: a) more palatable and better accepted by students to reduce plate waste; and b) higher in fiber and lower in fat and sodium, Provide nutrition lectures to teachers and elementary school students. 1990 – 1991
  • University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Medical Center, Miami, FL: Nutrition and Metabolic Support Dietitian, clinical practitioner on nutrition and metabolic support team consisting of trauma surgeons, gastroenterologists, advanced practice nurses and pharmacists. Provided direct care for obstetrics, gestational diabetes, gynecology oncology, trauma, and surgical critical care patients; participated in daily trauma, burn and surgical intensive rounds; conducted nutrition focused physical exams; conducted nutrition assessment; assess biochemical lab values; wrote orders for enteral and parenteral support; created and directed nutrition support journal club; wrote annual protocols for enteral and parenteral support in intensive care units; conducted outcomes research with patients in trauma and surgical intensive care units. 1991 – 1997
  • Florida International University, Miami, Florida: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Food Science Course & Lab, Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, Design and conduct food science experiments for lab portion of course, Teach students food lab methods, Teach sensory and objective assessment of food quality, Set up and perform taste testing with students, 1998 – 1999
  • Florida International University, Miami, Florida: Graduate Research Associate, National Policy and Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging, Primary Responsibilities: Write interpretative guidelines for Title IIIC, Provide nutrition resources to State Units on Aging and Area Agencies on Aging, Contribute to White Papers for Administration on Aging, Create and maintain database for Center projects, Mentor undergraduate students, 1999 – 2001

Consulting- Legal / Expert Witness: Available upon request.

Research Consulting and Clinical Trial Design: Available upon request.

Professional Consulting: Available upon request.

Awards and Honors: Available upon request.

Teaching Activities – Webinars: Available upon request.

Academic Courses: Available upon request.

Research and Clinical Mentoring: Available upon request.

Professional Organizations and Activities: (unpaid) Intramural & Extramural: Available upon request.

Editorial and Review – Editorial Board Appointments: Available upon request.

Ad-Hoc Reviewer: Available upon request.

Publications and Abstracts: Available upon request.

Peer-Reviewed Posters and Abstracts: Available upon request.

Oral Presentations (Invited) – Domestic and International: Available upon request.

Media Interviews (Requested Last 6 years): Available upon request.

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