Alison Megliola, Ms, Rd, Cdces Email & Phone Number

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

Santa Monica, California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Counsel participants on nutrition, fitness, and wellbeing through group discussions and 1:1 interactions.• Lead coaches toward best practices as Professional Learning Community Leader.• Develop participant content as member of Coach Nutrition Committee.• Write participant nutrition materials in collaboration with Product.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Perform nutritional assessments and provide disease-specific medical nutritional therapy for residents in many specialty areas; including endocrinology, renal, oncology, and gastroenterology.• Provide individual and group nutrition counseling sessions; for example, “Diabetes Meal Planning,” pre-diabetes counseling, managing blood sugar, and weight gain or weight loss.• Participate in skilled nursing, memory care, assisted living and transitional housing multidisciplinary team meetings; report on the nutritional status of each resident to the medical team and family members.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Completed over 1200 required supervised practice hours at a patient-centered and evidence-based hospital. Comprehensive program included inpatient and outpatient rotations; as well as rotations at Aids Project LA, A New Journey Eating Disorder Center, UCLA, and a pediatric rotation at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.• Provided 1:1 nutrition counseling, utilizing motivational interviewing skills, in areas such as weight management, diabetes, oncology, obesity, hypertension, kidney disease, malnutrition, and cardiovascular disease in the outpatient setting resulting in successful behavior modifications.• Performed nutritional assessments and provided disease-specific medical nutritional therapy for inpatients in many specialty areas; including renal, endocrinology, gastroenterology, oncology, intensive care, cardiac rehabilitation, and enteral and parenteral nutrition.• Participated in multidisciplinary rounds and meetings; reported on the nutritional status of inpatients, dialysis patients and community living/hospice patients to hospital staff.• Developed and conducted in-service education to physicians and nurses regarding albumin and nutritional status, and tube feeding formulas and calculations.

New York, Ny

Assisted in researching and writing a manuscript on the association between immigration visa status and BMI. Published in the American Journal of Health Promotion (December 2016).Yeh, M. C., Parikh, N. S., Megliola, A. E., & Kelvin, E. A. (2016). Immigration status, visa types, and body weight among new immigrants in the United States. American Journal of Health Promotion, 32(3), 771-778.

• Successfully coordinated numerous site visits to 16 Hospital Referral Regions (HRR) for a CMS contract.• Led background research for various projects; including HRRs and autism legislation.

Greater New York City Area

• Provided technical assistance in implementing NYC Food Standards to over 30 NYC hospitals as part of the Healthy Hospital Food Initiative.• Participated in implementation meetings with hospital staff; including Directors of Food and Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition Managers, Cafeteria and Retail Managers, and Chefs.• Reviewed hospital patient menus, cafeteria menus, and vending machines, and helped formulate recommendations to hospital partners working to implement over 60 food and beverage policies.• Performed nutrition analyses using NutriBase software and prepared reports for external circulation.• Conducted literature reviews, created comparison analyses of other national food standards, provided research assistance, and created databases of compliant food items.

New York, Ny

• Created personalized weekly meal plans and introductory letters for clients to help guide them through lifestyle changes for better health.• Wrote and edited newsletters, magazine articles, and television segments related to current nutrition research and trends.• Conducted background research in peer-reviewed journals for all media.

Washington, Dc

• Conducted research on health policy issues and initiatives related to accountable care organizations and performance measurements in health care reform.• Organized and coordinated events and meetings; including the quarterly meetings for the Quality Alliance Steering Committee, involving numerous senior public and private sector health care policy leaders.

Washington, Dc

• Reported on congressional hearings on prevention, health reform, Medicaid, Medicare, and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issues • Participated in FDA briefing calls and summarized key points for senior staff; some topics included fish mercury levels, melamine, and the FDA’s guidance on diabetes drug development

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Monitored Congressional hearings on diabetes-related legislation.• Drafted statements of support for proposed legislation.• Organized and managed functions and political action committee events.• Supported the directors of government affairs.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Nutrition, 4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Nutrition Club, Secretary

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Communication And Electronic Media, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Field Hockey Co-Captain