Bridget Latson, MS

Assistant Professor
Clinical Nutrition

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-1525
Office Fax: 214-648-1514

bernadette.latson@utsouthwestern.edu

Biography

Bernadette Latson is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Coordinated Program in Clinical Dietetics of the Department of Clinical Nutrition. She is a registered dietitian with the American Dietetic Association and a Certified Diabetes Educator. Ms. Latson teaches a senior level course entitled Nutrition in Aging and other specialized theory areas in nutrition such as nutritional assessment, diabetes, pulmonary disease and eating disorders. She is the coordinator of practicum for dietetic students in hospitals, extended care and ambulatory care settings. She provides interdisciplinary continuing education at the School of Allied Health Science and UT Southwestern Medical Center. Her clinical practice is at the Aston Ambulatory Care Center where she provides medical nutrition therapy for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. For many years she practiced as a diabetes educator and a member of the treatment team on adult eating disorders in the Dept. of Psychiatry. Ms.Latson is frequently invited to speak on nutrition topics for the community. She has presented subjects such as Nutrient Needs of Older Adults, The Skinny on Fad Diets and a 21st Century Approach to Geriatric Nutrition. She has also authored education videos on topics such as Resident Nutrition for the Long Term Care Network, and the Dietitian’s Role in the Treatment of Eating Disorders. Ms. Latson obtained her Masters Degree at the University of Florida, and is a member of the national, state and local chapters of the American Dietetic Association, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center School of Allied Health Sciences Faculty Service Plan.

Education

Graduate SchoolUniversity of Florida (1981)

Research Interests

Diabetes Education
Nutrition in Aging
Nutritional Assessment

Publications

Featured
Prognostic nutritional index in relation to hospital stay in women with gynecologic cancer.

Santoso JT, Canada T, Latson B. et al. , Obstet Gynecol , 2000; (95):844-846

Featured
Subjective global assessment compared to prognositc nutritional index in cancer patients. (Abstract)

Latson B, Alladi K, Canada T, et al. , J Am Diet Assoc (Suppl 1) , 1998; (98):A88

Featured
Contributor to: Cost Savings of Medical Nutrition Therapy in Texas. Austin, TX

Latson B , Texas Dietetic Association , 1995;

Case Study: Aim for the target byutilizing the ABCs of diabetes

Kowalsky LA, Latson B , On the Cutting Edge , Winter 2004; (Vol. 25, Number 6):24-26

Case Study: Aim for the target byutilizing the ABCs of diabetes

Kowalsky LA, Latson B , On the Cutting Edge , Winter 2004; (Vol. 25, Number 6):24-26

Case Study: Lifestyle counseling strategies for behavior change.

In Carson JAS, Burke F, Hark LA , Cardiovascular Nutrition: disease management and prevention , October 2004;

Cardiopulmonary disease.

Carson JA, Latson B. , In: Nutrition Care of the Older Adult , 2004; (2nd ed)

Cardiopulmonary disease.

Carson JA, Latson B. , In: Nutrition Care of the Older Adult , 2004; (2nd ed)

Case Study: Using stages of change for counseling to reduce potential for metabolic syndrome

Latson B , In: On the Cutting Eduge (a newsletter of the DCE practice group of the American Dietetic Association), edited by Jo Ann S. Carson , 2002; (Summer)

Honors/Awards

Award of Excellence

Awarded by American Dietetic Association in recognition of outstanding achievement as a dietetics educator (2007)

Outstanding Dietetics Educator Award

Awarded by Texas Dietetic Association (2007)

Alpha Eta Honor Society

(2006)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Dietetic Association

Dallas Dietetic Association

Texas Dietetic Association