Faculty
The faculty members in the Department of Clinical Nutrition are dedicated to bringing students a superb educational experience. You'll learn with nationally recognized professionals who are directly involved in patient care at UT Southwestern hospitals and clinics and active in collaborative research with other campus departments.
Our faculty members include:
Associate Professor and Chair, Master of Clinical Nutrition
Education: M.D., UT Southwestern Medical School, 1998
Interests: Metabolism; Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; obesity; insulin resistance/diabetes; dietary weight loss; fasting; stable isotope tracers; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Lona Sandon, Ph.D., R.D.N., LD
Associate Professor and Program Director, Master of Clinical Nutrition-Coordinated Program
Program Director, Master of Clinical Nutrition-Health Professionals Track
Education: Ph.D., R.D.N., Texas Woman's University, 2016
Interests: Wellness/sports nutrition, fitness, instructional technology
Professor
Dr. Scott M. Grundy Distinguished Professorship in Human Nutrition
Education: Ph.D., Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1979
Interests: Biochemistry of atherosclerosis, clinical nutrition, primary and secondary hyperlipidemia
Breanna Campbell, M.S., R.D.N., CSO, LD
Assistant Professor
Education: M.S., R.D.N., Texas Woman's University, 2017
Interests: Addressing Social Determinates of Health in the role of Quality Nutrition, Cancer survivorship and risk reduction, Malnutrition, Food is Medicine intervention for the improvement of chronic disease
Tad Campbell, M.C.N., R.D.N., LD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Education: M.C.N., R.D.N., UT Southwestern School of Health Professions, 2012
Interests: Obesity and weight management, neurology nutrition, diabetes, nutrition education
Michaela "Micki" Carrington, M.S., R.D.N., LD
Assistant Professor
Education: M.S., R.D.N., University of Alabama at Birmingham
Interests: Weight management and obesity treatment, quality improvement in dietetics practice
Kathleen Eustace, M.P.H., R.D.N., LD
Assistant Professor
Education: M.P.H, R.D.N., University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, 2010
Interests: Gastrointestinal nutrition, pediatrics, nutrition support, and nutrition education
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Missouri, 2014
Interests: Metabolism, Liver Disease, Pathophysiology of Obesity, Exercise Physiology, Stable Isotope Tracers
L. Anne Gilmore, Ph.D., R.D.N.
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., R.D.N.,Texas A&M University, 2010 and MSCR Tulane University, 2018
Interests: Metabolism; Obesity; Dietary and pharmacological interventions to influence whole body and cancer metabolism; Improving clinical treatment and patient outcomes
Maral Misserian, Ph.D., MCN, R.D.N., LD
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., ACR, UT Southwestern School of Health Professions; M.C.N., R.D.N., UT Southwestern School of Health Professions, 2020
Interests: Weight management, behavior change, bariatric surgery
Austin Koliba, M.S., R.D.N., LD
Faculty Associate
Education: M.S., R.D.N., Sam Houston State University, 2017
Interests: Weight management, behavior change, bariatric surgery
Assistant Professor
Education: M.C.N, R.D.N, UT Southwestern School of Health Professions, 2013
Hoda Yeganehjoo, Ph.D., R.D.N.
Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., R.D.N., Texas Woman's University, 2015
Interests: Cholesterol metabolism and regulation in health and disease; dietary and pharmacological interventions to influence abnormal cholesterol metabolism associated with various diseases; cognitive dysfunction and Alzheimer's disease
Patricia Morrison, M.C.N., R.D.N.
Clinical Instructor
Education: M.C.N., R.D.N., UT Southwestern School of Health Professions, 2016
Interests: Nutrition education, preventive nutrition, hyperlipidemia, obesity
