Doctoral student receives epidemiology grant

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Allisha Weeden, a doctoral student in human nutrition, has received
the Jean Hankin Nutritional Epidemiology Research Grant from
the American Dietetic Association.

The grant provides financial support to a doctoral student working on a
dissertation in nutritional epidemiology. Recipients must be registered
dietitians who are in a doctoral program in nutrition or nutritional
epidemiology. The award was presented recently in Philadelphia.

Weeden, a program assistant in human nutrition, will use the award to support a research project investigating the use of dietary supplements and dietary intake of older adults. Theproject is being conducted with Valentina Remig, assistant professor.

“We are specifically looking into whether older Kansans are taking dietary
supplements in self-treatment of chronic conditions, as well as the impact
dietary supplements have on dietary intake,” Weeden said.

Weeden received her bachelor’s degree in food science and industry from
K-State and a master’s in dietetics from the University ofKansas Medical Center.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 and is filed under Dean's Blog.