Guest Faculty

Jeanne Blankenship, MS, RD, Clinical Bariatric Nutrition Expert, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA

Ellen Demerath, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Sylvia Escott-Stump, MA, RD, Dietetic Program Director, Eastern Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Eileen Fowles, PhD, RNC-OB, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Texas, Austin, TX

Marcia Greenblum, MS, RD, Director of Educational Outreach, Egg Nutrition Center , Washington, DC

Bruce W. Hollis, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, and Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology , Director of Pediatric Nutritional Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Dr. Janice Joneja, PhD, RD, Vickerstaff Health Services Inc., Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Debra Krummel, Endowed Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Allied Health Sciences, Cincinnati, OH

Judith Labiner-Wolfe, PhD, Consumer Science Specialist, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD

Boyd Metzger, MD, Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Georgina Peacock, MD, Pediatrician, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Tihesha Salley, MS, CLC, Nutritionist, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Alexandria, VA

Course Co-Directors

Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH, RD, Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Education, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, MN

Mary Story, PhD, RD, Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, MN

Charles N. Oberg, MD, Major Chair, Maternal and Child Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Melissa Avery, PhD, RN, CNM, FACNM, Associate Professor and Chair, Children¿s and Family Health Division, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Course Associates

Irene Alton, MS, RD, HealthStart and Teen Age Medical Service, (TAMS), St. Paul, Minnesota

Sharon Vegoe, Education Specialist, Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Meghan Taylor, Program Associate, Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Chris Carlstrom, Program Coordinator, Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Maggie Truax, Assistant Office Specialist, Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota