Katherine O'Rourke, Mph, Rd, Ld, Cdces Email and Phone Number

• Performed 1200+ hours of supervised practice in outpatient, inpatient, long term care, community, and food service• Created nutrition education materials and meal plans for specific patient populations such as diabetic, bariatric surgery, weight management, heart disease, seniors and children• Counseled patients using motivational interviewing and encouraged SMART goal development• Worked with interdisciplinary teams to aid in diet recommendations such as IDDSI diets, tube feed and disease specific diets• Assessed for malnutrition using nutrition focused physical exams, weight history and diet recalls• Planned, prepared and served top selling meal of the year at Promedica Hospital kitchen producing over $2,000 in lunch sales• Presented at UM SPH Dietetic Intern Conference on the role of micronutrients during COVID-19 pandemic

• Conducted experiments with research team testing the effect of a ketogenic diet in mice and studied their biochemical and physiological changes• Presented work at the Virtual Diabetes Symposium (2020) and Midwest Metabolism Meeting (2019) by delivering two short talks and presenting a poster• Wrote beginning draft of a manuscript for publication in collaboration with professor

• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of surgeons, physician assistants, endocrinologists, dietitians and other health professionals to optimize patient care for 17 weeks • Conducted dietary assessments and provided education to hundreds of patients before and after surgery • Created an October newsletter and multiple handouts for the bariatric community

• Performed 24 hour dietary recalls for participants involved in ketogenic diet study using Nutrition Data System for Research (NDSR) software

• Analyzed hundreds of material samples for phthalates, flame retardants and heavy metals using chemical techniques such as IR and XRF to expand upon and strengthen previous studies • Wrote literature review on the effects of phthalates from food handling gloves to direct future studies

• Worked with Detroit residents enrolled in program to educate individuals on healthy nutrition choices

• Strengthened high school students’ understanding of relevant chemistry, biology and algebra concepts through weekly hour long meetings

• Monitored students during lab to ensure safety and answered questions regarding lab techniques, organic chemistry concepts, and running instruments such as IR spectroscopy and NMR

• Collaborated with the Clinic for Special Children to investigate and treat the genetic disorder GM3 synthase deficiency in the plain and Amish population by developing the organic synthesis of molecule GM3