Position Priorities
- Helping families and communities apply science-based findings from nutrition
research to solving problems in daily life.
Education
- Bachelor's degree in foods from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Master's degree in nutritional sciences from UW-Madison
- Doctorate in nutritional sciences and minor in continuing and vocational
education from UW-Madison
- Registered dietitian and certified dietitian
Previous Professional Experience
Susan worked as a nutrition scientist at Krause Milling Company in Milwaukee
and Mead Johnson Research Center in Evansville, IN.
Highlights of Current Assignments and Programs
- Designing educational interventions to reduce nutrition risks.
- Evaluating factors influencing dietary choices of young adults and other
groups with special attention to behaviors that increase intakes of vegatables
and fruits.
- Applying models such as stage-of-change and social marketing to the design
and evaluation of collaborative nutrition education programs.
- Using innovative approaches, such as children's story books, to promote
healthy eating behaviors
Links to Informational Sites
Contact Susan at:
1415 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706
Phone (608) 262-1692
FAX (608)
262-5860
Email susan.nitzke@ces.uwex.edu |
