Master of Science

November 26, 2025

Expanding the Registered Dietitian’s Role in Eating Disorder Relapse Prevention

A quality improvement project was conducted to supplement eating disorder relapse prevention efforts by Registered Dietitians (RDs) at Seattle Children’s Adolescent Medicine Clinic. As part of a broader effort to standardize the nutrition workflow, a standard process document was updated to ensure inclusion of relapse prevention elements for the final nutrition appointment of the eating…

Case Study: Toddler with Limited Food Acceptance Complicated by Other Factors

This student examined a case study of a 19-month-old child (TG) with slowed growth due to limited food acceptance and cow’s milk allergy. The child’s oral intake was further limited by household concern about food allergies, parental food beliefs and dietary choices, the parents’ low nutritional knowledge, and reduced breastfeeding during the mother’s second pregnancy….

Nutritional Interventions in Severe Road Rash

This student reviewed a case study of a 21-year-old male patient admitted to Harborview Medical Center with severe road rash with partial- and full-thickness burns suffered from being dragged underneath a car for multiple city blocks. The patient arrived at the hospital intubated and sedated. Although the patient showed no signs of wasting, no nutrition…

October 15, 2025

Greeshma Mallya

Why did you choose UW? For me, UW checked every box. The program was one of the few that blended nutrition science with a big picture approach to food, health, and equity. I was especially excited about the RDN training through the Graduate Coordinated Program in Dietetics (GCPD) because of the program’s connections to Seattle…

September 16, 2025

Executive Function, Eating Competence, and the Feeding Relationship in Parents of Preschool-Aged Children

The Satter Division of Responsibility in Feeding (sDOR) is a commonly used feeding framework to establish healthy eating and feeding relationships in preschool-aged children. Eating competence is positively associated with adherence to the sDOR. Both eating competence and adherence to the sDOR require executive functioning skills but little is known about the relationship between executive…

August 14, 2025

Sodium Intake Differences and its Relationship to the Gut Microbiome in Female Individuals with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Healthy Controls

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a disorder of gut-brain interaction characterized by abdominal pain and changes in bowel movements. Although IBS pathophysiology is still unclear, research has suggested that IBS may be associated with diet and the gut microbiome. Sodium is a nutrient that may be associated with bloating, gut motility, and gut microbial composition….

April 14, 2025

Associations Between Usual Plant & Animal Protein Intake and Select Serum Biomarkers of Chronic Disease Risk

The prevalence of diet-related chronic diseases has increased significantly in the U.S. over the last two decades, and nutrition interventions may help reduce disease risk. However, studies linking diet with disease risk factors have yet to confirm optimal proportions and sources of certain dietary components such as protein. To identify associations between usual intake of…

January 6, 2025

Recommendations to Improve Food Access for K-12 Students in the City of Seattle

Food insecurity is defined as “limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways.” In 2023, about 18% (6.5 million) of U.S. households with children experienced food insecurity. The impacts of low and very-low food security, such as reduced food quality,…

August 14, 2024

Nutrient Drug Interaction Probability Scale (NDIPS): An External Validation

This project was the final stage of a larger endeavor in testing a new clinical assessment tool to assess the probability of drug-nutrient interactions with the aim of developing a personalized healthcare model when detecting and managing drug nutrient interactions. To assess how well different healthcare professionals would interpret and use the tool in practice,…

August 12, 2024

Medical Nutrition Therapy in Post-Stroke Neurocritical Care: A Case Study

This project examined the application of medical nutrition therapy (MNT) in neurocritical care following a case of stroke with subarachnoid hemorrhage. While nutrition care in this population remains a developing field, this case study establishes support for the critical role of early, high protein enteral nutrition in weight preservation and malnutrition prevention over an extended…