Alumni of the UNCG Nutrition graduate program find themselves in a variety of exciting opportunities following graduate school.
Thanks to the diversity of our program, graduates enjoy positions in public health organizations, government, public policy, research, advocacy, education, and communications and public relations.
The following is a list of recent graduates and where they are currently employed.
Okhee Han, PhD:
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition Science, Penn State
University.
Keith Martin, PhD:
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, Penn. State University.
Yuanlong ("Gary") Pan, PhD:
Research Scientist, Nestle-Purina, St. Louis, MO.
Yuan-Ji ("David") Pan, PhD:
Laboratory Research Technician, Duke University.
Jason Huang, PhD:
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry, University
of Kansas Medical Center.
Dale Butterfoss, MS:
Student in Doctor of Pharmacy program UNC Chapel Hill College of Pharmacy.
John Lumpkin, MS: Research
Technician, Neuroscience Division, Johns Hopkins University.
Dean Garrett, PhD:
Dr. Garrett completed his M.P.H. at UCLA and is doing international
work (Indonesia) with Johns Hopkins University.
Christie Phipps Hunter, MS, RD:
Wellness and Nutrition Coordinator for Employee Health at Baptist Hospitals,
Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.
Kim Garner Stephenson, MS, RD:
Clinical Pediatric Nutritionist with the University of NC-Chapel Hill
Hospitals.
Kerri Moreno Kuppler, MS, RD:
Research Pediatric Nutritionist with Children's
Hospital of Philadelphia.
Stacy Olney, MS, MD:
Medical Doctor in Navy in San Diego, CA.
John Williams, MS, RD: Clinical
Specialist with a medical supply company and has been a part-time lecturer
in the Department of Nutrition at UNCG.
Suzanne Thomas Rhodes, MEd:
is a full-time lecturer in the Department of Nutrition at UNCG.
Mary Evans, PhD:
Program Director, NIH-NIDDK, MD.
Renee Lea-Currie, PhD:
Director of Cell Biology/Business Manager, Zen Bio Inc, RTP, NC.
Tianying Wu, PhD:
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Department of Nutrition, under Dr. Walter Willett.
Melissa Kelly, PhD:
Scientist, Research & Technical Communications; Nestle-Ralston Purina,
St. Louis, MO.
Chen Chen, PhD:
Director of Business Development & Technical Services, Sanmark Limited.
David Chance, MS:
Sales and Marketing Manager, Sanmark Limited, Greensboro, NC.
Jiang Xu Brown, PhD: Post-Doctoral
Fellow; Harvard School of Public Health, Dept. of Nutrition, under Dr.
Marianne Wessling-Resnick.
Margaret Savoca, PhD: Assistant
Professor, Department of Nutrition, UNCG. Current research interests include: challenges faced
by adolescent boys (and their mothers) who have been diagnosed with early onset hypertension and the
influence beliefs and lifestyle behaviors have on young African American adults with either low or
high risk of early onset hypertension.
Mark Brown, PhD.: Post-Doctoral Fellow
at the Wake Forest School of Medicine in the
Department of Pathology/Comparative Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
Elizabeth C. Hyde, MS, RD: Clinical
Dietitian, Forsyth Medical Center/Medical Park Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC.
Sarah Francis, PhD, RD: Assistant
Professor, Cooperative Extension, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
Batsirayi Mutamba, MS: Product Specialist
for cell-based
systems for Tecan, NC.
Kellie M. O'Connell, PhD, RD: Nutritionist,
US Department of Agriculture, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.
Sarah Colby, PhD, RD: Research Nutritionist,
US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Center.
David Scott, MS: Laboratory Research
Technician, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Nathan Provo, MS: Sales Representative/Technical
Advisor, Mercodia Inc., Winston-Salem, NC.
Corinth Auld, PhD: Visiting Assistant
Professor in Biology at Guilford College, Greensboro, NC.
Soonkyu Chung, PhD: Post-doctoral
fellow at the Wake Forest School of Medicine in the
Department of Pathology/Comparative Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
Paula Sisk, PhD, RD, IBCLC: Clinical Dietitian
and Lactation Consultant, Neonatal ICU, Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC and faculty
member, Neonatal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Melanie Bopp, PhD, RD: Clinical Research
Dietitian, Departmentof Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Amy Fanjoy, MS, RD: Clinical Nutritionist
at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC.
Marie Harvin, MS, RD: KIDPOWER Dietitian,
Department of Pediatrics, Brody School of Medicine (ECU), Greenville, NC.
Lindsay Hecht, MS, RD: WIC Nutritionist, Wake County
Human Services, Raleigh, NC.
Stephanie Roney, MS, RD: General Medicine and Neonatal
ICU Dietitian at Pitt County Memorial Hospital (Greenville, NC), Dietitian for ViQuest Wellness
Center: children and adult programs (Greenville, NC).
Leigh Anne Wooten, MS, RD: Clinical Dietitian, Duke University
Medical Center.
Heather Kennedy, MS, RD: Dietitian, Private Practice
Bariatric Surgery, Charlotte, NC.
Jennifer Hale, MS, RD: Clinical Dietitian, John Umstead Hospital,
Butner, NC.