Welcome to Dr. Devon Golem, who will be replacing Kristen Chang and Wendy Phillips as VAND’s Professional Education Chairperson for the 2016-2017 membership year!
Dr. Devon Golem is the founder of the Institute of Continuing Education for Nutrition Professionals (www.icenp.org) and lives in Charlottesville, VA. She has experience as an educator, researcher, clinician, and nutrition counselor. She served as the Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics at New Mexico State University until May 2016. She has completed research and published on many nutrition-related topics including sleep and obesity, dietary strategies and behavior, weight bias, food insecurity, household food supply and emergency preparedness, and childhood obesity. Dr. Golem earned her PhD in nutritional sciences with an emphasis in exercise science from Rutgers University. She became an RD in 2003 and has worked in clinical, community, and research settings. Dr. Golem is extremely passionate about professional education in our field and is excited to serve as the Professional Education Chair for VAND 2016-2018.
If you are interested in publishing on the VAND blog or presenting a webinar, please email her at VAND.ProfessionalEducation@gmail.com.
“To gain and maintain expertise, we must keep learning.” Devon Golem, PhD, RD