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American Fork, Utah

Manage diets of 180+ individuals with intellectual disabilities living at the center, including tube feeds. Supervise Food Manager in his/her duties. Create and manage corporate wellness program for employees. Responsible for compliance with health department and Title XIX (federal government) regulations. Responsible for menu creation and oversight, creating and ensuring compliance with all dietary orders, and feeding pump operations.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Dietetic student intern at the Livewell clinic in Salt Lake City. Under the supervision of a Dietitian, I counseled patients in an outpatient setting working on weight loss, diabetes management, eating disorders, sports nutrition, wellness coaching, dialysis patients, irritable bowel syndrome patients, nutritional deficiencies, and lipid disorders (high cholesterol and/or triglycerides). I obtained experience counseling patients one on one, writing clinical notes, and coordinating treatment goals with doctors, physical therapists, and exercise physiologists. I was a part of the heart challenge program, where 8 families competed to see who could improve their heart health the most. I assisted in the nutritional education wing of that program.

Planned and implemented a research project under the supervision of an Associate Professor. Managed research protocol execution including scheduling research activities and managed the work of two other research assistants. Troubleshooting research activities to improve the outcome of the research. Data analysis, writing scientific reports.

I was a Dietetic Intern under the Dietitian that worked at the City Creek Harmons Grocery store. My duties included teaching cooking classes, teaching a class to preschool aged children, analyzing nutritional information on store products and deciding what was the healthier option, running sampling booths, managing portions of a store employee "grocery games" event, running store tours and counseling clients on diet choices. I also created a flier for employees on the benefits of trail mix while hiking.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

I worked as a dietetic student intern in the following departments of the Intermountain Medical Center Hospital in Murray Utah - Transplant floors (kidney and liver transplants), NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit), Cardiac Floors (Left Ventricular Assist Device patients and general cardiac patients), Rehab Floors (stroke victims, patients needing intense physical therapy), General Floors (various types of patients including stroke victims, microbial diseases, dialysis patients), ICU (intensive care unit) My duties consisted of nutritional assessments and interventions, participating in rounds, and writing clinical notes on patient encounters.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

I was a student intern working with the foodservice management director of the hospital. My duties included contacting and scheduling food vendors to come to the doctors lounge and promote their products, I also assisted in planning for an improved voucher system for the hospital to use in their cafeteria. I learned how a hospital foodservice department functions and how patient feedback changes the way they serve food. I learned the benefits and difficulties of a call-to-order system in a hospital.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Teaching Assistant assigned to a Weight Management class. Grading papers and assignments, answering questions from students.

Japan And San Diego, Ca

Naval Intelligence analysis for USS ESSEX while forward deployed and based out of Sasebo, Japan. Naval Intelligence analysis for the Naval Mine and Antisubmarine Warfare command San Diego, CA. Honorably discharged in June 2012.

Pleasanton, Ca

Manufactured Oligonucleotide DNA primers for researchers worldwide.

Master'S Degree, Dietetics/Dietitian, 4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Research AssistantResearch Assistant in Nutrition focused laboratory running experiments with mice.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Microbiology, General, 3.26 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Marathon running