Ph.D. Student Profile

Melissa Shaffer, MS, RD, LD, CSOWM

  • Doctoral Student
  • Cognate: Nutritional Epidemiology

Education

  • MS in Nutrition Army-Baylor Graduate Program in Nutrition
  • BS in Psychology from George Mason University
  • BS in Dietetics from the University of Northern Colorado 

Research Interests & Projects

As a U.S. Army Registered Dietitian (RD), I am interested in how weight stigma impacts U.S. service members. My research focuses on characterizing weight stigma prevalence and determining the psychosocial impact of weight stigma within the military context. Current research focuses on Identifying the impact of weight stigma on eating and weight control behaviors, as well as the potential contribution of stress in these relationships.