Department of Nutrition
Where are they now?
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.
Arion Kennedy, PhD:
Post-doctoral fellow at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Joel Anderson, PhD:
Post-doctoral fellow at University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Travis Thomas, PhD:
Post-doctoral fellow at Kansas University, Lawrence, KS. Erin Street, MS, RD:
Dietitian, High Point Regional Health System, High Point, NC. Corinth Auld, PhD:
Scientific Liaison, Mercodia Inc., Winston Salem, NC. Amy Kilbarger, MS:
Research Assistant II, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Soonkyu Chung, PhD:
Post-doctoral fellow at the Wake Forest School of Medicine in the Department of Pathology/Comparative Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC. Mary Evans, PhD:
Program Director, NIH-NIDDK, MD. Renee Lea-Currie, PhD:
Director of Cell Biology/Business Manager, Zen Bio Inc, RTP, NC. 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. 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. Melanie Bopp, PhD, RD:
Clinical Research Dietitian, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine. 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.