Neonatal Nutrition Fellowship Program

The three-month program will review nutrition management of the high-risk infant in the newborn intensive care unit and in the community setting and is located at Baylor College of Medicine, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics in Houston, TX. Registered Dietitians are invited to apply. The fellowship program is supported by a federal grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau.

Program Dates: January 7 to March 28, 2008 and April 7 to June 27, 2008

Forms and program information can be downloaded from http://www.neonate.net/education/nutrition/fellowship

Contact: Diane Anderson, PhD, RD, CSP at dianea@bcm.edu or 832-826-1346

Ohio Neonatal Nutritionists' Mentorship Program
Members of the Ohio Neonatal Nutritionists currently offer a mentorship program at various hospital sites in Ohio and Michigan. This program is an educational and clinical training opportunity designed for Dietitians new to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The mentorship experience varies among institutions but incorporates many of the following experiences.

• needs assessment
• creation of an action plan to develop the role of the neonatal nutritionist
• identification of the various role aspects of the neonatal nutritionist and creation of a unit based nutrition plan of care
• participation in rounds
• development of competency in management of parenteral and enteral nutrition including writing TPN and special formulas
• didactic clinical experience designed to provide practical management of NICU babies.

Prior to starting the mentorship experience, mandatory reading in Neonatal Nutrition is required. Mentorees have a choice of visiting an existing unit or having a mentor visit them depending on preference and availability. The length of the mentorship experience varies and is flexible. Focus on collaborating with various members of the medical team is a key part of the experience. An in depth summary is created at the end of the experience outlining needs, goals, an action plan with time lines and suggested areas for future work. The cost varies slightly from institution to institution, but generally includes a fee per hour for service, travel and accommodations for either the mentoree or mentor. A resource binder is also available, which includes a variety of tools and resources for nutritional care in the NICU. An option in neonatal nutrition education, this experience can work well as a precursor to more extensive practicum requiring some NICU experience prior to participation. For more information on this experience, please contact:

Certificate of Training in Childhood and Adolescent Weight Management:

November 4 to 6, 2007; Chattanooga, Tennessee
May 18 to 20, 2008; Dover, Delaware
June 5 to 7, 2008; Austin, Texas
September 4 to 6, 2008; Cincinnati, Ohio
For registration information and to view the certificate requirements, timeline, registration deadlines and agenda:
http://www.cdrnet.org/wtmgmt/childhood.htm

Nutrition Leadership Training Opportunity
Pediatric Leadership Training: Nutrition traineeship with a focus on children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and interdisciplinary care. The program provides a 10-12 month curriculum of didactic courses, interactive seminars, clinical and community-based practica, and systems level policy activities. Applicants for admission must be students currently enrolled in a master’s or doctoral program or a graduate of such a program. Registered dietitians and nutrition graduate students who demonstrate leadership potential and have career goals to practice in the field of childhood developmental disabilities are encouraged to apply. Funds are available for tuition assistance and a stipend for qualified applicants.

For materials or more information, please contact Janet Willis at 804/828-0073, or e-mail mailto:jwillis@vcu.edu. Application materials and course information on the web site: http://www.vcu.edu/partnership/valend/.

Pediatric Nutrition Fellowship Program
Four to six-month pediatric nutrition fellowships at James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children (Indiana University School of Medicine), Indianapolis, IN. The four-month clinical fellowship provides didactic and guided clinical experiences that assist dietitians/nutritionists in obtaining or enhancing core pediatric nutrition competencies related to infants, children and adolescents including those with special health care needs. An additional two months assists dietitians in obtaining specialty competencies in one of three areas: 1) the newborns in intensive care (Level III) and high risk infants following discharge; 2) children with special health care needs; 3) adolescents with special health care needs including diabetes mellitus. For more information, contact Karyl Rickard, PhD, RD, CSP, FADA, 317/274-9910 or email: krickard@iupui.edu

The e-learning Leadership Development in Pediatric Nutrition (Graduate Study) uses the same didactic content as the neonatal-pediatric nutrition fellowship; however, dietitians throughout the country now can participate primarily through an online modality. This e-learning program is partially supported by HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau.

Neonatal Nutrition Fellowship Program
The three-month program will review nutrition management of the high-risk infant in the newborn intensive care unit and in the community setting and is located at Baylor College of Medicine, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics in Houston, TX. Registered Dietitians are invited to apply. The fellowship program is supported by a federal grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau. For more information, contact Diane Anderson, PhD, RD, 832/826-1346 or email: dianea@bcm.edu.

Maternal and Child Nutrition Traineeships
Four universities offer education and training opportunities in maternal and child nutrition to RDs seeking a master’s or doctoral degree in public health nutrition. The programs vary in their emphasis and length of study, but all provide support in the form of tuition assistance, fees, and a monthly stipend. The US Maternal and Child Health Bureau, US Department of Health and Human Services funds these traineeships. Contact the individual university programs listed below for information and application materials.

University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Community Health Sciences
School of Public Health
10833 Le Conte Ave, Box 951772
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772
Attn: Marion Taylor Baer, PhD, RD
Email: mtbaer@ucla.edu

University of Minnesota
Division of Epidemiology
School of Public Health
Suite 300, WBOB
1300 South 2nd Street
Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015
Attn: Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH, RD or Mary Story, PhD, RD
Email: stang@epi.umn.edu or story@epi.umn.edu

University of North Carolina
Department of Nutrition
CB #7400
McGavran-Greenberg Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400
Attn: Jan Dodds, EdD, RD
Email: jan_dodds@unc.edu

The University of Tennessee
Department of Nutrition
1215 West Cumberland Avenue
229 JHB
Knoxville, TN 37996-1900
Attn: Betsy Haughton, EdD, RD
Email: haughton@utk.edu

Carrie J. Barker
725 Brookridge Circle
Knoxville, TN 37920
865/405-0625
email: cbarker3@utk.edu