It was a passion for nutrition that first drove Norma Lisenko, who received her DrPH degree in Advanced Practice Leadership from the USF College of Public Health (COPH) in 2021, to investigate a career in public health. “I’m passionate about nutrition, physical activity, holistic wellness, mental health, children and women,” […]
USF College of Public Health’s Dr. Heewon Gray, associate professor specializing in nutrition, and COPH PhD alumnae Drs. Acadia Buro and Whitney Fung Uy attended the Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior’s (SNEB) annual conference in Atlanta in July to share their research with a global group of attendees who […]
Carissa Brand was trained as a chef but pivoted into dietetics when she realized she wanted a career that combined her love of food with her passion for science. “Dietetics allows me to use my culinary skills and my science-based skills to create a one-of-a-kind treatment that people need,” said […]
“Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience up to five times more feeding problems than their neurotypical peers,” Dr. Heewon Gray, a USF College of Public Health assistant professor, said. Some of those feeding problems include problematic mealtime behaviors (for example, not staying seated and showing aggressive behaviors or tantrums […]
The Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) Board voted in July to accredit the USF College of Public Health’s (COPH) Dietetic Internship program for a term of eight years. The Dietetic Internship is integrated with an MPH (concentration in nutrition and dietetics). The 20-month long program gives […]
Dr. Heewon Gray, a USF College of Public Health (COPH) assistant professor and nutrition education expert, along with several COPH graduate students, recently presented at the Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) conference, held virtually in July. The SNEB is an organization “dedicated to promoting effective nutrition education and […]
A first of its kind in the state of Florida, the USF College of Public Health began offering a MPH concentration in nutrition and dietetics to students in 2016. The MPH concentration in nutrition and dietetics has two components: the online MPH in nutrition and dietetics and the integrated MPH/dietetic […]
During the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) Annual Conference in Orlando this past July, SNEB partnered with the Korean Society of Community Nutrition (KSCN) to present USF College of Public Health’s Dr. Heewon Gray with the 2019 SNEB-KSCN Professional Achievement Award. In 2011 SNEB entered into a Memorandum […]