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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:

Jeffrey Browning, M.D.

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

Lona Sandon, Ph.D., R.D., LD

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

Gloria Lena Vega, Ph.D.

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

Justin Fletcher, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Graduate School: 
Ph.D., University of Missouri, 2014
Interests: Metabolism, liver disease, pathophysiology of obesity, exercise physiology, stable isotope tracers

Hoda Yeganehjoo, Ph.D., R.D.

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

L. Anne Gilmore, Ph.D., R.D.

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

Tad Campbell, M.C.N., R.D.N., LD

Assistant Professor
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, CNSC

Assistant Professor
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

Assistant Professor
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