Annrose M. Guarino, PhD, RD, LDN

Family Nutrition Program Coordinator, Extension Associate

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's Degree in Home Economics (Family Life)
• Doctoral Graduate Student in Adult Education
• Vocational Home Economics Educator
• Licensed Nutritionist Registered Dietitian
• Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program Coordinator

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

9/15/97; LSU Agricultural Center; Baton Rouge, LA
Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program Coordinator, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service.

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

4/90 - 9/97; Ochsner Clinic; New Orleans, LACoordinator, Center for Weight Management Plan, develop, market and implement adult, adolescent, employee and corporate weight control programs. Consultations for eating disorder patients. Media spokesperson. Cooking demonstrations. WIC nutritionist at St. Thomas Housing Health Service.

9/93- 5/94; Delgado Community College ; New Orleans, LA

Nutrition Instructor Department of Science, basic nutrition course for nursing students.

9/89-3/90; HM Composite; Pleasant Hill, CA

Dietitian Consultant

Clinical nutrition services including food service and patient care for Geriatric Living Centers. New admissions and tube feedings.

1981 -1982; Qualicare of Louisiana; Chalmette, LA

Regional Nutrition Education Coordinator

Pritikin Hospital Program, De La Ronde Hospital and Pritikin Center, Downingtown, PA. Director of Pritikin Cooking School. Coordinated nutrition education and developed low-fat patient and institutional food service manuals. Designed and supervised construction of demonstration kitchens.

1979-1980; EBR Council on Aging; Baton Rouge, LA

Director, Nursing Home Ombudsman Program

Develop and implement ombudsman program for 14 nursing homes and 1200 residents. Grant writing, volunteer recruitment and training, and resident complaint resolution.

EDUCATION

9/94 - Date Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

ABD Doctoral Graduate Student, School of Vocational Education, Adult Education. Area of focus: Health Care Patient Education. Expected date of Graduation: December, 1999.

1/85-7/85 St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO

School of Allied Health. Dietetics courses and experience for American Dietetics Association registration.

7/82-5/83 Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN

Department of Nutrition. Completion of academic requirements (Plan IV) for active membership in American Dietetics Association.

1/80-5/81 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

M.S., Child Development, Marriage and Family Life. School of Home Economics. Minor: Sociology.

9/78-12/78 University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Graduate Assistantship. Gernotology Traineeship for Center for Aging Studies.

9/73-5/78 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

B.S., Vocational Home Economics Education. Certification in Biology and General Science.

RESEARCH DIRECTED

1996 Rachel Folse, "Attendance, Gender, Age, and Exercise: Predictive Variables for Weight Loss." M.Ed. Health Promotion, UNO.

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• New Orleans Dietetic Association
• Louisiana Dietetic Association
• American Dietetic Association
• Society for Nutrition Education
• North American Association for the Study of Obesity

CERTIFICATIONS

Louisiana Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist, LDN, (License No. 741)

Registered Dietitian Registration No. 13679