Lisa McDowell, MS, RD, CSSD Eleven years ago, Lisa McDowell's father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It was a defining moment in her life and career. "Pancreatic cancer is extremely deadly and my dad's cancer
Anyone who travels knows that finding healthy food options at airports can be challenging. Thanks to Jamie Shifley, MS, RD, LDN, director of the coordinated nutrition program at the University of Illinois – Chicago, things
“I’m completely committed to providing nutrition education to as many children, parents and schools who want to have the experience—either through after-school programs, summer camp, school and scout field trips, and school assemblies,” says Stacey
Gloria Bent, MS, RD, CDN It was the patients’ frustration that seemed so striking to Gloria Bent. The year was 1987 and Bent was working at as a dietetic technician, registered at Albert Einstein Hospital
Monica Joyce, MS, RD, CDE While reading about NBA star Chris Dudley, Monica Joyce had an idea that has helped hundreds of kids with diabetes. Dudley was one of the few NBA players with type
Trish Salomon, MS, RD, CD, MA The health screening was expected to be a routine procedure — something thousands of employees at the Bemis Company, Inc. complete to get health benefits. But when a man
Pamella Vodicka was used to working in the trenches, having notched years of experience as a pediatric clinical dietitian working with chronically ill children and anxious parents. And as an officer with the U.S. Public
“When patients are getting nutrition information from different sources — the Internet, their family and friends — it can be confusing,” says Michele Lites, registered dietitian and certified specialist in oncology nutrition. “It’s nice to
That healthful eating is expensive and traditional cultural practices get in the way of eating right are some of the misconceptions that Doriann Cowan, MS, RD, LD, encounters at the Community Health Coalition in Texas’
Registered dietitian Donna Martin, EdS, RD, LD, SNS, is the school nutrition director in Burke County, Ga. This rural community has among the highest child poverty rates in the United States, according to 2010 U.S.
“Often, when I first meet patients, they can’t look me in the eye,” explains Elizabeth Leong, RD, CDE, founder and director of the Bay Area Diabetes and Wellness Center in Oakland, Calif. “Diabetes is controlling
"How can we possibly create a just world if our children do not have equal access to fresh, wholesome food," asks Laura Sugarwala, RD, "or have the knowledge to make smart choices about what to
"When I told my dad I was interested in the field of dietetics, he was very supportive. His career had been in medical maintenance of hospital equipment and had come to know some of the
"It wasn’t long ago that a common perception in the medical field was that Asian-Americans didn’t have many health problems because they were not visiting the public health clinics," says registered dietitian Beverly Gor, EdD,
In the western mountains of Honduras lies Santa Rosa de Copan. This is the poorest region of the country and far from the touristy coast, yet since 2008, Bobbie Randall, MEd, RD, LD, CDE, has
“Some of these children have never seen vegetables outside of a supermarket,” says Denine Rogers, describing students at Dorsett Shoals Elementary School in Douglasville, Ga. That changed when they brought an abandoned community garden back
Just weeks after 2004’s tsunami disaster in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and South India, registered dietitian Martha Lynch, MS, RD, LDN, FADA, CNSD, joined healthcare providers from across the country on a humanitarian aid mission.
Lynne R Nachtrieb, RD, is a native Californian who works at Mission Hospital, primarily on the Oncology, Medical, Surgical floors. She has been a clinical dietitian for eight years and just became a Board Certified
Kathryn P. Fink, LD, MS, RD, CSSD “I have fond memories of how my work team pulled together to help take care of all the evacuees,” says registered dietitian Kathryn Fink, who helped coordinate foodservice
Sandy A. Sutton, RD, LDN “Hurricane Katrina made a definite impression on my work ethic and on the value I now place on everyday life,” says registered dietitian Sandy Sutton. “I also see the value of my job more