Areas of Focus
- Diabetes
- Cholesterol
- High blood pressure and weight management
- High-risk pregnant women
- Overweight/Underweight and feeding issues in
infants and children
About Me
I have been with the Health Department since March 2002 and manage
the Nutrition Services Section. As a Registered Dietitian, I have
worked in a variety of settings focused on chronic disease, weight
management and behavior change strategies to include: conducting a
weight management program with Rex Wellness Centers, providing cardiac
rehab and wellness with UNC Wellness Centers, and providing online
e-counseling and group weight management classes for a UNC-CH study. I
also worked as a program associate for a motivational interviewing and
behavior change study for colon cancer at UNC-CH and as the Associate
Project Director for a mammography and breast cancer research group.
My areas of expertise include chronic disease management (diabetes,
cholesterol, obesity), high risk pregnant women and overweight children.
It is my goal to provide a personalized approach with each client to
help my recommendations meet the person's lifestyle and become permanent
changes. It's important to really listen to my client's wants, needs
and preferences, and together we collectively determine goals to improve
his/her medical condition.
Languages I Speak
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bachelor of Science in Biology, 1997
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Master of Public Health in Nutrition 2001
