Nutrition Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Melissa Fuster, PhD

Melissa Fuster, PhD

Associate Professor

Research Areas:
Diet-related health disparities, food security, food environments, social determinants of health in Latin America and the Caribbean

Keelia O’Malley, PhD, MPH

Clinical Assistant Professor & Associate Director of Nutrition


Research Areas: Food access, food policy, obesity prevention, social and environmental determinants of dietary behavior

Marsha Piacun, MBA

Marsha Piacun, MBA, RD, LDN

Clinical Assistant Professor

Focus Areas:
Dietitian consultant in healthcare facilities and program management.

Diego Rose, PhD

Diego Rose, PhD

Professor and Director of Nutrition

Research Areas:
Socioeconomic determinants of nutrition, food and nutrition policy, and food access, security, and sustainability

Chelsea Singleton, PhD, MPH

Chelsea Singleton, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor 

Research Areas:
Nutritional epidemiology, nutritional inequities, retail food environment, food purchasing behavior, nutrition assistance programs, nutrition incentive Programs

Jylana Sheats, PhD

Jylana Sheats, PhD

Assistant Professor of Nutrition

Research Areas:
Obesity and chronic disease prevention, social and environmental determinants of health, utilization of technology to promote behavior change.

Adjunct Faculty

Roger Shrimpton, PhD, MSc

Adjunct Professor

Research Areas
: International public health nutrition and community based nutrition programs, international public health nutrition policies, and capacity-building of public health nutrition workforce.