Nutritional Sciences Mentors

I work as a Health Education Communications Consultant with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), where I develop and revise evidence-based oral health education materials that make health information clear, accessible, and actionable for diverse audiences. My background is in public health communication, health education, and creating resources that promote health literacy and positive health outcomes. My professional interests include oral health, women's health, child and adolescent health, and nutrition.

I'm a Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics at the Indiana University School of Public Health–Bloomington. After graduating with an MPH in Human Nutrition/Dietetics, I worked as a dietitian with a focus on long-term care and community nutrition education. I went back to school for a PhD in Health Behavior and a minor in Epidemiology. My current role is a blend of teaching and service with some research components. My areas of expertise include public health, health behavior, and nutrition education.

Started in healthcare as a registered dietitian but wanted to make a broader impact across larger systems and populations. Experience as internal/external consultant in health technology implementation and end user experience in vertically integrated health systems and large consulting firms/federal contractors. Increasing interest working with aging and caregiver populations to ensure they are supported in their communities.

Currently I am a Clinical Research Coordinator with the Department of Neurology at Michigan Medicine. I specifically work in ALS research where I have the unique opportunity to work 1:1 with patients in our multidisciplinary ALS clinic as well as focus on several of our observational studies. This is a second stage career for me as I previously spent over a decade as a brand storyteller and technical writer before returning to grad school at age 50 to get my Master of Nutrition Sciences. I am an expert in reinvention and how to parlay previous unrelated work experiences into new roles. 

I'm a Nutrition Policy Program Officer for the healthy food and environments team at Resolve to Save Lives, where I mostly work on sodium reduction. I provide knowledge management and technical support to help countries implement the WHO SHAKE the salt habit technical guide, in order to reduce sodium consumption across the world and save lives through improved cardiovascular health.