Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health
NSP
October 17, 2019
Natalia Groat, MS, RD, CD
Natalia Groat is a clinical dietitian at Harborview Medical Center (HMC) and currently works in the neuro-ICU. Over the past decade, she has precepted 1-3 Nutritional Sciences Program graduate students annually through their clinical rotations. Demonstrating her long-time commitment to training our students, she also guest lectures each year in Acute Care Nutrition (NUTR 563).
Amy Ellings, MPH
Amy Ellings is the lead for public health nutrition rotations at the Washington Department of Health Healthy Eating Active Living Program (HEAL). She shares their expertise with UW Nutritional Sciences Program students by mentoring class projects (NUTR 531) and through practicum rotation mentorship. HEAL manages several areas of projects that provide opportunities for NSP graduate…
Alysun Deckert, MSRD, CD, MHA
Ms. Alysun Deckert has been a clinical dietitian at UWMC since 1993, focusing primarily on solid organ transplant, specifically liver, kidney, and pancreas. She also has clinical dietetic expertise in the areas of renal, general surgery (including gastric bypass, whipple, and esophageal surgeries), otolaryngology, medical ICU, general medicine, obstetrics, and psychiatry. In 2011, she became…
Cheryl Davis, RDN, CD, CNSC
Cheryl Davis is a pediatric dietitian working in the areas of GI, intestinal rehabilitation, and liver transplant. She has published work in the areas of glycemic control, growth hormone treatment, selenium deficiency, and pediatric nutrition assessment. As the Inpatient Clinical Manager, she oversees a staff of 25 registered dietitians and coordinates clinical placements of our…
Scott Ickes
Dr. Scott Ickes’s areas of interest include maternal and child nutrition; implementation science; qualitative methods; and social epidemiology. His current research focuses on social and cultural influences of poor diet and health among mothers and children in low-resource contexts, particularly focusing on East Africa. A second aim of his research is to evaluate large-scale and…
Joseph (Chris) Delaney
Dr. Joseph Delaney’s research interests include nutrition/exercise and cardiovascular disease, exposure measurement and misclassification in food frequency questionnaires, epidemiological methods for complex exposures, and ethnic disparities in diet.
Anne Vernez-Moudon
Dr. Anne Vernez-Moudon’s interests include built environment, active transport, and health.
Lesley Tinker
Dr. Lesley Tinker’s interests include dietary change, maintenance of dietary change, and lipid metabolism, particularly diet-induced changes in lipoproteins.
Bettina Shell-Duncan
Dr. Bettina Shell-Duncan’s interests include nutritional anthropology, nutrition in the etiology of infectious disease, and nutrition-related immunosuppression.
Ulrike Peters
My research focuses on understanding the underlying risk factors of colorectal cancer that will lead to evidence-based targeted interventions and treatments with a specific focus on the impact of race and ethnicity.
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