Through hands-on, evidence-based classes taught across our garden, kitchen, clinic, and community, the Nourish program shows people how to grow, prepare, and promote food that encourages lifelong health and well-being.
Laura S. Moore is a Faculty Associate in the Department of Health Promotion Behavioral Science with a secondary appointment in Epidemiology at UTHealth School of Public Health – Houston (UTSPH). She is the Director of the Nourish Program and Assistant Director of the UTHealth Science Center – Houston Dietetic Internship. Her passion for food began with her training at Le Cordon Bleu, and her expertise is in nutrition, culinary arts, and community garden education. She is trained in Weight Management for Children and Adolescents with a focus in obesity prevention and treatment.
One of Laura’s passions is promoting holistic nutrition education that is sensible, practical, and accessible for all people. Her skills as a chef help bridge the gap between abstract to the practical. She is passionate about educating the next generation of dietitians and practitioners to have the tools they need to serve low-income minority populations. Under her guidance, leadership, and dedicated planning, the UTSPH Nutrition Program has undergone significant amplification. The additional components offer students a wide range of hands-on experiences that enable them to help people to live healthier lives. This expansion includes a Research and Teaching Kitchen (Nourish Kitchen), Medical Nutrition Therapy Simulation Classroom and the Holistic Garden.
韦斯利·麦克沃尔特（Wesley McWhorter）是休斯敦（Uthealth）公共卫生学院（SPH）的德克萨斯大学健康科学中心健康促进和行为科学助理教授。Beplay体育中心McWhorter博士被任命为McGovern医学院的教职员工，担任营养与饮食学院的国家发言人，并且是The The The Hitchen Chorkitrative的顾问委员会成员。McWhorter博士是专业厨师，通过动手烹饪医学课程专注于跨专业营养教育。他还是具有健身和公司健康经验的认证力量和条件专家。他的研究beplay苹果手机能用吗兴趣包括结束烹饪素养与营养教育和政策之间的鸿沟。McWhorter博士毕业于堪萨斯州立大学，获得了德克萨斯大学医学分公司的硕士学位，并获得了Uthealth SPH的健康促进和行为科学博士学位。
Diana's interest for nutrition bloomed upon learning the power that food and nutrition can have in preventing disease. Her passion for helping others adapt a healthier lifestyle in an easy and delicious way has led her to become our Community Health Education Specialist. One of our own, Diana is a graduate of the UTHealth Dietetic Internship Program. After completing her undergraduate degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from The University of Texas at Austin, she continued on to complete her Masters in Public Health and dietetic internship. As a registered dietitian, Diana started her career in corporate wellness in Lake Buena Vista, FL. She later returned to serve her Houston community as an outpatient clinical dietitian where she took part in the first Food Prescription program to be established in the state of Texas. Diana has worked primarily with patients with Type 2 Diabetes and has experience in individual counseling, nutrition education, cooking demonstrations, and cooking classes. Diana is bilingual in both English and Spanish.
Day博士的公共卫生之旅始于她的家乡德克萨斯州拉伯克。从德克萨斯理工大学毕业后，她曾在米德兰和德克萨斯州的敖德萨担任家庭经济学家和营养教育家。她来到休斯顿，以为自己会去看医学，但她不小心走进UT公共卫生学院，一名招聘人员说服了她学习公共卫生 - 那是40年前。她喜欢与公共卫生饮食实习学院合作，以塑造下一代营养领导者。她的流行病学研究允许确定营养风险和beplay苹果手机能用吗疾病的原因以及无尽的机会将这些知识应用于社区。她的营养干预包括从埃尔帕索（El Paso）到布朗斯维尔（Brownsville）的西班牙裔，以及儿童，肥胖，心血管疾病，癌症和糖尿病以及消防员的儿童。她教营养研究方法，营养流行病学，全面的工人健beplay苹果手机能用吗康和福祉以及流行病学的先进方法。她指导午餐与学习计划的研究方面beplay苹果手机能用吗以及卫生花园计划，均植根于我们的研究和演示厨房和整体花园。
Jeanne M. Piga-Plunkett是Uthealth公共卫生学院饮食实习计划的主任，也是休斯顿Uthealth公共卫生学院的营养学院成员。她对营养的热情始于职业生涯初期在健康工作中的工作。在休斯顿市，她在过去的30年中一直担任营养服务总监。她曾在LTC/康复，儿童心理，学校餐饮服务，节奏和社区环境工作。在整个30年中，她一直在每个设施中与学生一起工作，并分享和培训我们未来的营养师。
珍妮的激情之一是与下一代营养师合作。她喜欢与实习生合作，并培训这些人在当今的就业市场上具有竞争力。在她的指导和领导下，Uthealth公共卫生饮食实习计划正在经历反映我们领域过渡的变化。我们最近在实习中添加了新计划，其中包括与种子进行模拟和园艺，以使实习生能够帮助其客户和患者过着更健康的生活。
Deanna M. Hoelscher是约翰·麦戈文（John P.Beplay体育中心奥斯丁的公共卫生。她的研究兴趣专注于教授家庭如何从事更健康的行为以避免慢性疾病的发展，她的研究兴趣是在德克萨斯州获得许可的注册营养学营养学家，并获得了认证的营养专家。beplay苹果手机能用吗她的工作包括研究儿童和青少年营养，基beplay苹果手机能用吗于学校和社区的健康促进计划，饮食评估方法，评估儿童肥胖政策，初级保健与公共卫生之间的联系以及对学校健康计划的传播。作为公共卫生的教职员工，她的使命是从事基于实践的教学，研究和服务，以更好地指导下一代公共卫生专业人员。beplay苹果手机能用吗Hoelscher博士获得了她的学士学位来自德克萨斯A＆M大学的食品科学技术学士以及她的营养学硕士学位和博士学位。来自德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的生物科学博士学位。
Sharma博士是德克萨斯大学休斯敦公共卫生学院流行病学教授。Sharma博士是一名行为流行病学家，对粮食不安全，营养流行病学和与饮食相关的慢性疾病具有特别的兴趣，在脆弱的，服务不足的人群中，并且在该领域具有强大的联邦资助研究计划。beplay苹果手机能用吗Sharma博士领导了几项不同的研究，以开发和评估CATTER（协调的儿童健康方法）计划，包括NIH资助的Catch Catch Healthy Smiles，以促进基础儿童的口腔健康促进。夏尔马博士致力于为社区服务。她是评估Brighter Bites的联合创始人和首席研究员，这是一家全国性的非营利组织，致力于为低收入儿童及其家人提供新鲜农产品和营养教育。她担任休斯顿大学妇女和性别研究计划的董事会成员。Sharma博士代表Uthealth代表Uthealth，共同领导了大休斯顿的健康决定因素联盟，这是哈里斯县的广泛努力，重点是减轻粮食不安全性和其居民中健康的其他社会决定因素。她拥有流行病学博士学位，辅修生物统计学，并且是德克萨斯州的注册营养师。
乔·诺瓦克（Joe Novak）获得了学士学位俄亥俄州大学植物学学位和康奈尔大学蔬菜作物博士学位伍德罗·威尔逊研究员和国家科学基金会研究员。Novak博士以前曾是LSU园艺助理教授，也是TAMU的园艺高级讲师。Novak博士目前是UT保健公共卫生学院的兼职教授，莱斯大学的兼职教授兼讲师。诺瓦克博士是莱斯大学的贝蒂和雅各布·弗里德曼整体花园主任。Novak博士参加了休斯顿的以下项目：为大休斯顿的基督教青年会设计花园，指导各种设施的社区花园的开发，为LBJ医院设计社区花园计划，并与各个小组咨询有关园艺的使用对于有特殊需求的人，在UTSPH的整体花园设计，协助管理UTSPH的整体花园，在UTSPH卫生中的角色教学课程，教授莱斯大学城市农业课程，监督开发的发展赖斯大学的贝蒂和雅各布·弗里德曼整体花园，并为赖斯城市农业俱乐部提供建议。
Dolores Woods is the Director of Culinary Nutrition for the Nourish Program at the Michael and Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health (SPH). After completing her undergraduate education at UC Riverside, Ms. Woods moved to New York City to attend culinary school and received a GrandDiplômein Culinary Arts from the French Culinary Institute. She has worked in the restaurant industry and taught cooking classes for several years. Her interest in food, cooking and sustainability led her to complete a Master’s degree in Food Studies from New York University. Later, she attended the Coordinated Dietetics Program at California State University, Los Angeles to become a registered dietitian. Dolores has worked in the field culinary arts, nutrition education and university food service. She is bilingual in both English and Spanish. Dolores is enthusiastic about teaching others about nutrition and working toward healthy lifestyles.
