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Screenshot television appearance featuring Judy Simon

New book explains the connection between food and fertility

April 26, 2024 | King-TV

Dr. Angela Thyer and Registered Dietician and Clinical Instructor Judy Simon talk about their book “Getting to Baby” on Seattle’s New Day Northwest, explaining how diet and lifestyle can affect fertility.

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Student-led hydroponics farm cultivates food and a growing community  

April 18, 2024

An indoor hydroponic farm at University of Washington is bringing awareness to sustainable alternatives to soil-based agriculture. 

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Paola Maria Bregni Ibarra

Paola Bregni Ibarra receives 2024 outstanding dietetics student award

April 17, 2024

Congratulations to Paola Bregni Ibarra, a University of Washington student in the Graduate Coordinated Program in Dietetics (GCPD), who has received the 2024 Outstanding Coordinated Program Dietetic Student Award, given by the Washington State Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (WSAND).  Ibarra is a second year student at UW pursuing a Master of Science in Nutritional...

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Judy Simon

New book ‘Getting to Baby’ offers advice for boosting fertility

April 1, 2024 | The Seattle Times

Judy Simon is interviewed by The Seattle Times about her a new book she co-authored that offers advice for boosting fertility through optimal nutrition, using an evidence-based, compassionate approach. Simon is a fertility expert and registered dietitian at University of Washington Medicine and a clinical instructor in the Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health Program. This article was authored by Carrie Dennett, alumna from the UW Graduate Coordinated Program in Dietetics.

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2023-24 undergraduate scholarship recipients

March 29, 2024

Congratulations to the 2023-24 undergraduate scholarship recipients supported by the Food Systems, Nutrition and Health Major Student Fund, established by dedicated alumni and friends to ensure the Food Systems major thrives in its early years. This year’s outstanding scholarship recipients were selected for their excellent academic achievement, dedication to community service and extracurricular activities, professional...

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Adam Drewnowski

Adam Drewnowski named 2024 Wilbur Olin Atwater Memorial Lecturer

March 22, 2024

The United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), has named Adam Drewnowski, professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health the 2024 Wilbur Olin Atwater Memorial Lecturer. The Wiblur Olin Atwater Memorial Lecture is a forum for a presentation on a scientific topic, trend, issue, or policy of the lecturer’s...

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UW and partners launch new project connecting sea to soil for climate resilience

March 20, 2024

With funding from the USDA, UW researchers and partners will help farmers pilot an innovative new practice and build networks to enhance regional food system resilience SEATTLE (March 20, 2024) — Washington’s farmers are on the front lines of climate change. Whether they are growing vegetables on farmland or raising shellfish on tidelands, farmers’ productivity...

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MPH-Nutrition student spotlight

Public health nutrition student practicums support city and state health initiatives

March 13, 2024

In recognition of National Nutrition Month®, we spotlight three Master of Public Health in Public Health Nutrition (MPH-Nutrition) students in the University of Washington School of Public Health who are working on local initiatives and programs in winter internships that relate to food security, food access, community health, and food sovereignty. MPH-Nutrition second year students...

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Anne Lunde

Faculty profile: Anne Lund

March 13, 2024 | Faculty profile, UW Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health

Graduate Coordinated Program in Dietetics Program Director Anne Lund discusses her ongoing initiative to integrate topics related to equity, diversity, and inclusion into the University of Washington’s two-year dietetics curriculum.

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student measuring squash in a UW food systems class at UW Farm

Nutritional Sciences Program changes name to Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health

February 12, 2024

The University of Washington Nutritional Sciences Program is now known as the Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health Program, effective Jan. 1, 2024.  The renaming process began before the pandemic when program faculty and stakeholders suggested that a new name could better align with the program’s mission; the scope of its current educational programs, teaching and...

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