Nutritional Biology, University of California, Davis  PhD Candidate (ABD or All But Dissertation), expected 2024

MS in Nutritional Science and Exercise Physiology, San Diego State University, 2018

BSE in Physical Education, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 2015

Email: bewickman@ucdavis.edu

Brooke Wickman, MS, RD (she/her) is a fifth year nutritional biology PhD candidate at the University of California, Davis in Dr. Francene Steinberg's lab. She studies the implementation and effectiveness of the DASH diet for heart failure management using a pragmatic clinical trial. Brooke is a nutrition clinician scientist and dietetics educator. Her research interests include cardiovascular nutrition, precision nutrition, and dietetics education using comparative effectiveness research and implementation science strategies. She has experience teaching nutrition undergraduates, nutrition and exercise physiology master’s students, dietetic interns, doctor of physical therapy students, and medical students. Brooke’s professional interests include interprofessional education, equitable dietetics education, and pipeline optimization for nutrition clinician scientists. As a CDIP fellow, Brooke will work with Anna Cahn, PhD, RDN at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Faculty Mentor / Host Institution:

Dr. Anna Cahn / California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Research Interests:

Cardiovascular Nutrition; Precision Nutrition; Clinical Nutrition Comparative Effectiveness; Implementation Science; Dietetics Education; Health Professions Education

Dissertation:

Implementation and Effectiveness of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet for Outpatient Heart Failure Management

Management of Complex Systems, University Of California, Merced, PhD Candidate (ABD or All But Dissertation), expected 2024

MA in Geography (Resource Management and Environmental Planning), San Francisco State University, 2018

BA in Geography/Environmental Studies, Univeristy of California, Los Angeles, 2016

Email: dweeks@ucmerced.edu 

Deseret Weeks is a Ph.D. candidate in the management of complex systems at UC Merced. Deseret has a master’s degree in geography with a concentration in resource management and environmental planning from San Francisco State University and a bachelor’s degree in geography and environmental studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her dissertation research uses mixed methods and a critical theoretical framework to explore socio-environmental dynamics of the water-energy-food nexus of Kern County, CA. Social and environmental justice and sustainability are at the heart of Deseret’s work. She currently teaches physical geography at two state prisons in the San Joaquin Valley as an adjunct professor at Merced Community College and, as a teaching fellow at UC Merced, she teaches climate justice and inclusive innovation. Deseret sees herself as a professor at a California State University and looks forward to building her portfolio in teaching, service, and research.

Faculty Mentor / Host Institution:

Dr. Leora Nanus / San Francisco State University

Research Interests:

Human Dimensions of Global Change; Critical Geography; Environmental Justice; Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Dissertation:

Exploration of the limits to economic growth and the metabolic rift in the water-energy-food nexus of Kern County