RDN Training

November 26, 2025

Equity Mapping of Lactation Resources in Washington State

The idea that your zip code is a better predictor of your health than your genetic code has been widely propelled. Zip code is also a predictor of breast/chest feeding initiation, duration, and exclusivity and disparities in access to lactation support resources play a major role. The benefits of breastfeeding for both infants and nursing…

Promoting Nutritious School Meals through Visual Menus and Nutrition Education Posters

One in five U.S. children lives in a household with food insecurity, making school meals the primary source of nutrition for many. Research highlights the importance of breakfast and lunch for student focus and success. Highline School District offers free meals to all of its students. They aim to make meals accessible for all students,…

Community Health Engagement and Nutrition Advocacy for the Latine Community in Washington State: Development of a Culturally Sensitive Nutrition Booklet

The primary goal of this project was to collaborate with the Latino Center for Health (LCH) to reduce the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus within Latine communities across Washington state by identifying health disparities in the Latine population and designing culturally responsive strategies to help alleviate them. The student worked to address the community’s…

Developing a Data and Performance Measurement Framework for the Food Action Plan

The student assisted the City of Seattle Office of Sustainability & Environment (OSE) to develop a framework to track data and measure performance outcomes for their Food Action Plan (FAP). A specific focus of this project was on Values-Based Food Purchasing (VBFP) and providing baseline research on the current food purchasing patterns of City programs….

Expanding the Registered Dietitian’s Role in Eating Disorder Relapse Prevention

A quality improvement project was conducted to supplement eating disorder relapse prevention efforts by Registered Dietitians (RDs) at Seattle Children’s Adolescent Medicine Clinic. As part of a broader effort to standardize the nutrition workflow, a standard process document was updated to ensure inclusion of relapse prevention elements for the final nutrition appointment of the eating…

Case Study: Toddler with Limited Food Acceptance Complicated by Other Factors

This student examined a case study of a 19-month-old child (TG) with slowed growth due to limited food acceptance and cow’s milk allergy. The child’s oral intake was further limited by household concern about food allergies, parental food beliefs and dietary choices, the parents’ low nutritional knowledge, and reduced breastfeeding during the mother’s second pregnancy….

Nutritional Interventions in Severe Road Rash

This student reviewed a case study of a 21-year-old male patient admitted to Harborview Medical Center with severe road rash with partial- and full-thickness burns suffered from being dragged underneath a car for multiple city blocks. The patient arrived at the hospital intubated and sedated. Although the patient showed no signs of wasting, no nutrition…

October 15, 2025

Greeshma Mallya

Why did you choose UW? For me, UW checked every box. The program was one of the few that blended nutrition science with a big picture approach to food, health, and equity. I was especially excited about the RDN training through the Graduate Coordinated Program in Dietetics (GCPD) because of the program’s connections to Seattle…

September 16, 2025

Food Policy Entities in Washington State: A Qualitative Exploration of Social Capital

Food systems—and the policies and structures that govern them—are complex, and food policy entities (FPEs) are one way that communities navigate this complexity. Efforts are underway to increase coordination among FPEs, and exploring how FPEs describe their structure, activities, and experience with social capital can support these coordination efforts. This thesis aims to characterize local…

Executive Function, Eating Competence, and the Feeding Relationship in Parents of Preschool-Aged Children

The Satter Division of Responsibility in Feeding (sDOR) is a commonly used feeding framework to establish healthy eating and feeding relationships in preschool-aged children. Eating competence is positively associated with adherence to the sDOR. Both eating competence and adherence to the sDOR require executive functioning skills but little is known about the relationship between executive…

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