Annual Meeting 2015 Speaker: Amy Gates

March 19th, 2015

Amy Gates RD, CSP, LD is a Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition. She is currently a Neonatal Dietitian and NICU Milk Lab Director the NICU or The Children’s Hospital of Georgia, Georgia Regents University. Amy also owns Amy Gates Consulting, LLC where she works to provide education and training to dietitians, nurses, physicians, techs, and other professionals concerning feeding practices and protocols of neonates.

GENERAL SESSION:Nutritional Strategies to Improve Outcomes in the Premature Infant

Objectives:

  • Describe common nutritionally related complications in the preterm infant
  • Discuss the role of human milk in the prevention and treatment of disease in the preterm infant
  • Describe the limiting nutrients and methods for supplementation for the preterm infant

Breakout Session: Developing Enteral Feeding Protocols for the NICU patient

Objectives:

  • Describe common nutritionally related complications in the preterm infant
  • Discuss the role of human milk in the prevention and treatment of disease in the preterm infant
  • Describe the limiting nutrients and methods for supplementation for the preterm infant
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Annual Meeting Speaker 2015: Becky Sulik

March 18th, 2015

Becky Sulik, RDN, LD, CDE is currently the Director of Education at the Rocky Mountain Diabetes & Osteoporosis Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She has been a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics since her days as a student. She is the current chair of the Academy’s Coding and Coverage Committee. In addition […]

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Annual Meeting 2015 Speaker: Amy Myrdal Miller

March 17th, 2015

Amy Myrdal Miller, MS, RDN, is an award-winning dietitian/nutritionist, farmer’s daughter, published author, and founder and president of Farmer’s Daughter Consulting. During her 20-year career in nutrition, Amy has worked for Fleishman-Hillard, Dole Food Company, the California Walnut Commission, and most recently The Culinary Institute of America. Her work experiences have helped her hone her […]

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Are You Ready for the Annual Meeting 2015?

March 16th, 2015

The UAND Annual Meeting 2015, “Deepen Our Roots to Grow Taller,” will be held on Thursday, March 26 at the Utah Valley Convention Center in Provo, Utah. You can find information including the agenda and registration options here. We are thrilled at the wonderful round-up of speakers. To celebrate and count down we’ll be spotlighting a […]

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UAND NNM Grant

March 15th, 2015

UAND is currently offering two $200 grants to support National Nutrition Month® events benefitting local communities. Applicants must be members of UAND.  Application deadline is Tuesday, March 17, 2015.  Submit the following application to Stacy Bevan by email at stacy (dot) bevan (at) usu (dot) edu.  The UAND NNM Committee will review and notify grant recipients no later than March […]

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National Nutrition Month Contest 2015

March 5th, 2015

This month is National Nutrition Month and UAND is celebrating by hosting a social media-based contest to help you and your network take a “Bite into a Healthy Lifestyle.” How to Enter For Everyone: Show us (and your friends!) what you’re doing to bite into a healthy lifestyle by posting a picture with the hashtag […]

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Get Involved with the Media!

January 26th, 2015

As you may have heard, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ “Daily News” is no longer including “Registered Dietitians in the News” due to the large number of RDNs in the media around the nation. However, we would like to continue this on a state level and post links to the articles and segments that […]

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It’s Time to Award an RD Near You

January 20th, 2015

We at UAND invite you to submit nominations for any and all of UAND’s Awards. This is a great opportunity to recognize your coworkers, colleagues, mentors, or protégés for the work they have done in the dietetics profession. In 2014, we want to present each of the awards below: Award of Recognition: to recognize those […]

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Jennifer Oler, UAND President

October 14th, 2014

This year Jennifer Oler, Dietetic Internship Director at Utah State University-Salt Lake, is serving as UAND’s president and we are lucky to have her! Jennifer is originally from North Ogden where she grew up working on the family fruit farm. The fruit farm remains the foundation for some of her favorite food traditions. She said, […]

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Help Us Recognize Utah’s Outstanding Dietetics Educators

October 6th, 2014

This year we would like to nominate Utah’s amazing educators for the Outstanding Dietetics Educator Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize the teaching, mentoring, and leadership activities of faculty in ACEND-accredited dietetics education programs. This award is a little different from our other awards because the nominees are presented to a regional […]

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