Cate Ward, Phd, Rd Email & Phone Number

California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

Palo Alto, California, United States

ResearchCo-mentored by Dr. Christopher Gardner and Dr. Justin Sonnenburg.• Conduct interdisciplinary research on plant-based nutrition, microbiome, and women’s health.• Spearhead research strategy, study design, execution, data analysis, and manuscript publication for a diverse range of clinical trials, taking the lead on multiple, including the TwiNS, SWAP MEAT, and MOMS trials.• Research with Stanford Medicine on greenhouse gas emissions in dining.• Play a pivotal role in team grant writing, including multiple R01s, and submission of individual grants, including a successfully funded Plant Based Diet Initiative grant.• Mentor both undergraduate and graduate students, providing guidance to 2 current students and 4 previous students.Instructor at Stanford School of MedicineCHPR 249: History of Nutrition Research: How Our Current Guidelines Came to Fruition• Developed course from the ground up, including all course lectures, assignments, reading and content selection, and exams.• Instructed to a diverse audience of residents, medical, graduate, and undergraduate students.HB 166: Food and Society: Exploring Eating Behaviors in Social, Environmental, and Policy Context• Taught a course centered on food systems and sustainability, engaging both undergraduate and graduate students.• Crafted dynamic lesson plans, delivered engaging lectures, authored and evaluated exams and assignments, and provided extensive mentorship.

San Francisco Bay Area

At Cate Ward Nutrition, I work with both individuals as a dietitian and with businesses through corporate consulting.

San Francisco, California, United States

Provided medical nutritional therapy and nutrition education to patients at UCSF Medical Center, ranging from critical care to outpatient. Developed individualized nutrition interventions for patients based on interpretation of patient labs, assessment of patient intake, and analyzing patient’s physiological state. Measured greenhouse gas contributions of patient menu items and engineered a method to track CO2 emissions.

Berkeley, California, United States

Dissertation in the laboratory of Dr. Marc Hellerstein, Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology. In this role, I developed and carried out my own research in the lab of Dr. Marc Hellerstein, collaborating closely with the lab of my co-mentor, Dr. Andrew Dillin, culminating in 3 first author publications and 7 collaborations. I led a team of undergraduate students in the laboratory (4 at a time; 8 total). My research applied isotopic labeling and mass spectrometry techniques to study metabolic processes in vivo through which I measured both de novo lipogenesis and nascent protein synthesis in mouse models of altered proteostasis to elucidate age and diet induced perturbations in ER stress response. In addition to my research in the lab, I led student journal club to discuss both current literature in the field and key past scientific experiments and designed, launched, and maintained laboratory website.

Berkeley, California, United States

Taught 100+ student courses in Human Nutrition, Food Science, Community Nutrition, and Food Systems Management. Built lesson plans, led lectures, wrote and graded exams and assignments, provided extensive mentorship.

San Francisco Bay Area

Led a team of 15 graduate students. Planned lessons, coordinated classroom visits with teachers, and organized team meetings to practice and prepare for in classroom experiences. In the classroom, led science experiments with groups of ~30 students. As a member of the campus-wide steering-committee, guided future directions of the program and active in recruiting volunteers.

Greater San Diego Area

As a member of the molecular biology team, independently conducted biochemistry experiments in yeast, including the signature genetic editing technique patented by the company. I carried out several individual projects from start to finish, significantly improving production efficiency of several commercial oil products by optimizing strain development.

Berkeley, California, United States

Senior Research Thesis in the laboratory of Dr. Jennifer Doudna, Departments of Molecular and Cell Biology and Chemistry. Co-authored a publication on my research elucidating the interaction of human proteins involved in microRNA production. Purified proteins for experimentation and independently conducted an array of biochemistry experiments.

Berkeley, California, United States

Facilitated monthly in-services and meetings for a staff of fifty lifeguards, oversaw maintenance of pool facilities, ensured safety of all patrons as a first responder. Designed lesson plans, scheduled, and instructed both children’s and adult private and group swim lessons.

Berkeley, California, United States

Undergraduate researcher in the laboratory of Dr. Fenyoung Liu. Studied cytomegalovirus in a murine model.

San Diego, California, United States

Research assistant in the laboratory of Dr. John Clapp. Analyzed human alcohol and drug study data from several studies conducted both on and off campus at San Diego State University.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Metabolic Biology

Dissertation in the laboratory of Dr. Marc Hellerstein, Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology

Dietetic Internship

One-year clinical nutrition internship including training in acute clinical care, management, and clinical research culminating.

Bachelor Of Arts, Integrative Biology

Senior Research Thesis in the laboratory of Dr. Jennifer Doudna, Departments of Molecular and Cell Biology and Chemistry