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:
Professor and Chair, Master of Clinical Nutrition
Graduate School: 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
Associate Professor and Program Director, Master of Clinical Nutrition–Coordinated Program
Graduate School: Ph.D., R.D., Texas Woman’s University, 2016
Interests: Wellness/sports nutrition, fitness, instructional technology
Parul Sharma, Ph.D., R.D.N, LD, CNSC
Assistant Professor and Program Director, Master of Clinical Nutrition–Nutrition Science
Graduate School: Ph.D. MLS University, 2013
Interests: Malnutrition, critical care nutrition support, nutrition for chronic disease prevention, culinary medicine
Professor
Dr. Scott M. Grundy Distinguished Professorship in Human Nutrition
Graduate School: Ph.D., Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1979
Interests: Biochemistry of atherosclerosis, clinical nutrition, primary and secondary hyperlipidemia
Assistant Professor
Graduate School: Ph.D., University of Missouri, 2014
Interests: Metabolism, liver disease, pathophysiology of obesity, exercise physiology, stable isotope tracers
Assistant Professor
Graduate School: Ph.D., R.D., 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
Assistant Professor
Graduate School: Ph.D., R.D., 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
Alicia Gilmore, M.S., R.D., CSO, LD
Clinical Instructor
Graduate School: M.S., R.D., Oklahoma State University, 2002
Interests: Oncology nutrition and malnutrition
Tad Campbell, M.C.N., R.D.N., LD
Clinical Instructor
Graduate School: M.C.N., UT Southwestern School of Health Professions, 2012
Interests: Obesity and weight management, neurology nutrition, diabetes, nutrition education
Kathleen Eustace, M.P.H., R.D.N., LD
Clinical Instructor
Graduate School: M.P.H, R.D. University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, 2010
Interests: Gastrointestinal nutrition, pediatrics, nutrition support, and nutrition education
Michaela “Micki” Carrington, M.S., R.D.N., LD
Clinical Instructor
Graduate School: M.S., R.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham
Interests: Weight management and obesity treatment, quality improvement in dietetics practice
Patricia Morrison, M.C.N., R.D.
Clinical Instructor
Graduate School: M.C.N., R.D., UT Southwestern School of Health Professions, 2016
Interests: Nutrition education, preventive nutrition, hyperlipidemia, obesity
