Departments
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics
The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics offers four post baccalaureate programs and three certificate programs-the Dietetic Internship Program, the e-Learning Graduate Certificate Program in Leadership in Clinical Pediatric Nutrition, and the Leadership in MCH Nutrition (Pediatric Focus) Fellowship Program, and the Master of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics.
- If you completed or are about to complete an undergraduate program in dietetics and are looking for a dietetic internship, visit the Dietetic Internship Program.
- If you are a registered dietitian interested in a residential fellowship specializing in pediatric nutrition, please visit the "Leadership Education Excellence in Pediatric Nutrition" page.
- If you are a registered dietitian and interested in a specialization in pediatric nutrition delivered online, please click the "E-learning Certificate in Leadership Development in Pediatric Nutrition" link.
- If you are a registered dietitian in search of a master’s degree in clinical nutrition with a focus in either adult or pediatric populations, please view the "Master of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics" link.
- If you already have a bachelor’s degree and are interested in moving into the field of nutrition and dietetics, please click the "Changing Fields--Becoming a Dietitian" link.
- If you have not yet earned a bachelor’s and are interested in the field of dietetics, please click the "Becoming a Dietitian" link.
The Dietetic Internship program may be completed as part of the Master of Science program. However, the Dietetic Internship program may not be completed concurrently with either of the pediatric nutrition certificate programs. The pediatric nutrition certificate programs may be completed as part of the Master of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics. In addition to graduate course work, the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics also offers one undergraduate nutrition class.
- Chair: Professor of Clinical Nutrition Jacquelynn O'Palka
- Professors Emeriti: Sue Brady, Bernice Hopp, Ada Marie Van Ness
- Professors: Karyl Rickard
- Associate Professor: Judith Ann Ernst
- Associate Professor in Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics: Sara Blackburn
- Administrative Specialist/Coordinator of Maternal Child Health Nutrition Program: Deborah Abel