Primary instructor, McGovern Medical School and UTHealth School of Public Health (2017–2022).
Curriculum design & review
Assess existing teaching, identify gaps, and develop nutrition content that fits your learners and curriculum.
Medical Education & Curriculum
Bring nutrition
into clinical care.
Curriculum design, culinary medicine, faculty development, and evaluation for medical schools and healthcare organizations.
My work spans medical school and public health teaching, culinary medicine, interdisciplinary curriculum development, and research on nutrition education.
At UTHealth Houston, my appointments included the School of Public Health and McGovern Medical School’s Department of Internal Medicine. I directed the Nutrition Longitudinal Theme and taught students and health professionals across disciplines.
Discuss your program ↗Explore my teaching & research ↓Culinary medicine & faculty development
Build practical teaching experiences, case discussions, and workshops that connect food knowledge to clinical care.
Implementation & evaluation
Plan delivery, develop teaching resources, and evaluate learning and program outcomes.
AI in professional education
Explore useful workflows for case development, educational resources, and faculty productivity, with evidence review built in.
Selected teaching & research
A career in research
and teaching.
I was a tenure-track assistant professor at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and in McGovern Medical School's Department of Internal Medicine, where I directed the Nutrition Longitudinal Theme.
In the classroom
Culinary Medicine
Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences
Primary instructor, UTHealth School of Public Health (2022).
Health Disparities Seminar
Primary instructor, UTHealth School of Public Health (2021).
Interprofessional Education
Culinary dentistry, nutrition longitudinal curriculum, virtual culinary medicine, and health professional continuing education.
Selected publications
2026 · AJPM Focus
The Effect of Virtual Versus In-Person Delivery on Behavior Changes Among Adults Enrolled in the Diabetes Prevention Program. PubMed ↗
2024 · JAMA Network Open
Proposed Nutrition Competencies for Medical Students and Physician Trainees. PubMed ↗
2023 · Preventing Chronic Disease
Full academic CV ↓Find my research on PubMed ↗Perspectives of Health Care Staff on Predictors of Success in a Food Prescription Program. PubMed ↗
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