Courses Taught by Liz Hudson

NUTR636: Medical Nutrition Therapy I

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Winter term(s) for residential students;
  • 2 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): Liz Hudson (Residential);
  • Prerequisites: NUTR 630
  • Description: Medical nutrition therapy and disease pathophysiology taught for malnutrition, starvation, metabolic stress, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, diabetes and neoplasm. Current controversies are briefly introduced. Clinical nutrition screening, assessment, use of clinical laboratory data, and physical assessment are also introduced.
HudsonLiz
Liz Hudson

NUTR637: Medical Nutrition Therapy II

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Fall term(s) for residential students;
  • 2 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): Liz Hudson (Residential);
  • Prerequisites: EHS 636
  • Description: Applies nutrition support principles to various clinical disease states. Covers topics such as regulation of fluid and electrolytes in nutrition support, acid-base balance, and other aspects of parenteral nutrition. In addition, the pathophysiology and medical nutrition therapy for diabetes, renal and liver disease is taught.
HudsonLiz
Liz Hudson

NUTR690: Supervised Experiential Learning

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Fall, Winter term(s) for residential students;
  • 0.5-3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): Patti Ramos, Liz Hudson, Suzanne Cole, Kendrin Sonneville, (Residential);
  • Prerequisites: Students must be enrolled in the Department of Nutritional Sciences MPH or MS (Clinical Nutrition or Nutritional Sciences) Dietetics program.
  • Description: This course will provide Supervised Experiential Learning hours for students enrolled in the Dietetics, Path to RDN training program. The course will integrated experiential learning each semester, relevant to the didactic content.
  • Learning Objectives: See syllabus for list of competencies that are specific to each course section.
  • This course is cross-listed with .
RamosPatti
Patti Ramos
HudsonLiz
Liz Hudson
ColeSuzanne
Suzanne Cole
SonnevilleKendrin
Kendrin Sonneville

NUTR693: Research Seminar For Clinical Nutrition III

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Winter term(s) for residential students;
  • 1 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): Liz Hudson (Residential);
  • Prerequisites: NUTR 692
  • Description: This course is the final installment in the research seminar series and aims to support the creation and delivery of your clinical nutrition project presentations. We will build on the research and project development carried out in NUTR 691 and 692.
  • Learning Objectives: 1. Communicate with clinical dietitians to share about your research/project findings 2. Develop a clear, concise, and logical presentation of your clinical nutrition research project 3. Practice oral presentations skills of your clinical nutrition project presentation (e.g., peer to peer practice) 4. Practice handling questions and feedback to improve the effectiveness of the presentation 5. Collaborate professionally with research teams (i.e., mentors) 6. Present research confidently to both professional and lay audiences
HudsonLiz
Liz Hudson

PUBHLTH500: Investigating Public Health Issues

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Fall term(s) for residential students;
  • 6 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): Liz Hudson (Residential);
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Description: In the fall semester, you'll learn to define and investigate a public health issue using evidence-based approaches, including epidemiological measures and statistical analyses in R. You'll explore factors like nutrition, environmental, healthcare access, and social determinants, using frameworks like the social ecological model, with support from formative assessments.
  • Learning Objectives: see syllabus
HudsonLiz
Liz Hudson

PUBHLTH501: Developing Public Health Solutions

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Winter term(s) for residential students;
  • 6 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): Liz Hudson (Residential);
  • Prerequisites: NONE
  • Advisory Prerequisites: NONE
  • Description: How do we decide what form of intervention might best address a given public health issue? How do we develop a plan to advocate for a public health intervention? In this course, you will build on your investigation of your team’s public health issue during the fall semester to consider how to develop a culturally-sensitive and effective solution to their team’s problem, whether it be a behavioral, environmental, or policy-based intervention to promote health equity. You will additionally conduct formative research on the need for the intervention, consult key stakeholders and interprofessional experts, and create a plan to evaluate and advocate for their proposed intervention using theories and evidence-based strategies. Your learning will be supported by a series of formative assessments, including quizzes, reflections, case studies, and response papers. The semester’s work will culminate in each team completing a program plan, an authentic summative assessment that showcases students’ learning over the course of the semester.
  • Learning Objectives: See syllabus
HudsonLiz
Liz Hudson