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The 2008 Career Development Workshop is a joint effort of Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition
Science and Policy, the Massachusetts Student Dietetic Association (MSDA) and the Jean Mayer USDA
Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. All students from nutrition programs and
universities in the greater Boston area are encouraged to attend. To report a problem with this site, please
contact MSDA Vice President, Dustin J. Burnett.
The 2008 Career Development Workshop is a joint effort of Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition
Science and Policy, the Massachusetts Student Dietetic Association (MSDA) and the Jean Mayer USDA
Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. All students from nutrition programs and
universities in the greater Boston area are encouraged to attend. To report a problem with this site, please
contact MSDA Vice President, Dustin J. Burnett.
| Career Panel |
Career Panel Moderator
Johanna T. Dwyer, DSc, RD
Senior Scientist
National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
Director, Tufts Medical Center-Frances Stern Nutrition Center
Professor, Medicine and Community Health, Tufts University
School of Medicine
Johanna T. Dwyer, DSc, RD
Senior Scientist
National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
Director, Tufts Medical Center-Frances Stern Nutrition Center
Professor, Medicine and Community Health, Tufts University
School of Medicine
Keynote Speaker and Career Panelist
Susan H. Laramee, MS, RD, LDN, FADA
Clinical Recruitment Manager, Sodexo Talent Acquisition Group
Former President of the American Dietetic Association (the nation's largest food and nutrition organization)
American Medical Association Expert Committee Assessment, Prevention and Management of Pediatric
and Adolescent Obesity
Board of Directors, American Dietetic Association Political Action Committee
Susan H. Laramee, MS, RD, LDN, FADA
Clinical Recruitment Manager, Sodexo Talent Acquisition Group
Former President of the American Dietetic Association (the nation's largest food and nutrition organization)
American Medical Association Expert Committee Assessment, Prevention and Management of Pediatric
and Adolescent Obesity
Board of Directors, American Dietetic Association Political Action Committee
Career Panelist
Sue Cummings, MS, RD, LDN
Clinical Programs Coordinator, Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center
Massachusetts Department of Public Health Expert Panel, member
American Dietetic Association Evidence-Based Analysis Work Group, Bariatric Surgery
Reality Council Member increasing awareness of false hopes from unsubstantiated health claims for
weight loss products that meet no reasonable scientific standards
Sue Cummings, MS, RD, LDN
Clinical Programs Coordinator, Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center
Massachusetts Department of Public Health Expert Panel, member
American Dietetic Association Evidence-Based Analysis Work Group, Bariatric Surgery
Reality Council Member increasing awareness of false hopes from unsubstantiated health claims for
weight loss products that meet no reasonable scientific standards
Career Panelist
Asha R. Kasaraneni, MS, RD, LDN
Nutrition Support Dietitian and Transplant Dietitian, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assesses and evaluates inpatients (Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Bone Marrow Transplant
Unit, Medicine and Surgical floors) that require enteral and parenteral nutrition
Implements and reevaluates care plans
Asha R. Kasaraneni, MS, RD, LDN
Nutrition Support Dietitian and Transplant Dietitian, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assesses and evaluates inpatients (Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Bone Marrow Transplant
Unit, Medicine and Surgical floors) that require enteral and parenteral nutrition
Implements and reevaluates care plans
| "Why should I consider Dietetics? I don't want to work in a hospital or a kitchen." - A concerned non-dietetics student |
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Career Panelist
Julia C. McDonald, MS, MPH
Institute for Community Health
Lead researcher on Active Living by Design program, Somerville, MA; assessment of the impact of the
ALbD program in promoting and increasing physical activity using qualitative interviews, surveys with
youth and adults, and a number of environmental observation tools; the goal is to identify what
successfully "activates" a community.
Julia C. McDonald, MS, MPH
Institute for Community Health
Lead researcher on Active Living by Design program, Somerville, MA; assessment of the impact of the
ALbD program in promoting and increasing physical activity using qualitative interviews, surveys with
youth and adults, and a number of environmental observation tools; the goal is to identify what
successfully "activates" a community.
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Career Panelist
Jennifer Bourbeau, MS, RD, LDN
Director of Communication, New England Dairy and Food Council
Responsible for strategic company-wide communication and public relations planning to keep dairy
front-of-mind with consumers, health professionals, schools, retailers and foodservice.
Organization spokesperson whose primary objective is to use science-based recommendations to
promote milk, cheese and other dairy products on behalf of dairy farmers in our region.
Jennifer Bourbeau, MS, RD, LDN
Director of Communication, New England Dairy and Food Council
Responsible for strategic company-wide communication and public relations planning to keep dairy
front-of-mind with consumers, health professionals, schools, retailers and foodservice.
Organization spokesperson whose primary objective is to use science-based recommendations to
promote milk, cheese and other dairy products on behalf of dairy farmers in our region.
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Career Panelist
Linda Berlin
Linda's bio currently unavailable.
Linda Berlin
Linda's bio currently unavailable.
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