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Virginia State University Dietetic Internship

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05/03/2024

Congratulations Class 31 Graduate, Nyahon Both! Can’t wait to see what the future has in store for you!

02/01/2024

Intern Nyahon Both and DI Director Amanda Bianco attended Legislative Day on Wednesday with the Virginia Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. This was an exciting day at Virginia’s State Capitol where over 100 nutrition professionals gathered to speak to legislators and advocate for nutrition-related bills.

01/24/2024

Meet Class 31 Intern Nyahon Both!
Fun Fact: I love baking and learning new languages
Favorite Food: Ethiopian Food
Rotation Most Excited About: I am looking forward to the Farm to Table rotation. I’m excited to see how the whole process looks like in action.
Why the Dietetics Profession?: I want to become a dietitian because I think everyone deserves to have a healthy relationship with food. Since everyone has to eat I’d love to be an advocate/resource for people to cultivate healthy relationships with food. I hope to become not only an RD but an IBCLC so I can work with patients and families in early life stages.

04/16/2023

Our intern Amy presented her research at the VAND poster session: “Prevalence of Foodborne Pathogens in Food Procured in Central Virginia Food Deserts.” Great job Amy! 👏

04/10/2023

Today, the interns learned about meat processing with Dr. O'Brien and Dr. Wildeus at Randolph Farm. They even held a lamb that was born this morning!
Not a baaaad day! 🐑🥼

04/05/2023

The interns learned about integrated pest management and plant pathology today with Dr. Mersha 😊🐛

04/04/2023

Day 2 of farm rotation- learning about aquaponics production at one of VSU’s greenhouses 🐟🪷 Thank you Dr. Mullins for the tour!

04/03/2023

First day of the interns Farm to Table rotation! Here's all of them getting their hands dirty transferring seedlings. 🥼🌱

03/22/2023

Our intern Amy dressed as the phosphorus fairy to talk about phosphorus with her dialysis patients!

Amy is in her specialty rotation at the Davita dialysis clinic in Hopewell. Interns at this location get a “lobby day” where they can choose a topic to provide education on at the clinic. Phosphorus is an important topic among dialysis patients because when you have chronic kidney disease, your kidneys can not remove phosphorus from your body. Extra phosphorus causes body changes that pull calcium from the bones, making them weak. Phosphorus is also in many foods we wouldn’t expect, making education and awareness of this nutrient very important!

02/25/2023

Yesterday, the interns were able to see the foodservice kitchen at Central State Hospital!

Central State Hospital has gone by a few different names within its 150 year history and it's foodservice department has adapted to suit the patients on campus. They currently use a cook-chill method. This is when meals are prepared 2-3 days in advance to be later reheated. Everyone was able to try a variety of foods during a test tray panel.

This historic hospital visit was a great learning opportunity! 🍎🥼🏥

02/02/2023

Last week, I had the distinct privilege to visit the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Headquarters in Chicago. I have been on this professional journey of Dietetics since I was 16 years old. It's amazing that I have been a registered dietitian for 16 years and a Dietetic Educator for 11 years. When I reflect back over my career, I'm most grateful for the students and interns that I have helped to navigate this journey. This is my Why!

01/27/2023

The interns were able to experience Legislative Day in the state capital! It was an exciting and very busy day as they navigated the Pocahontas Building with VAND!

You go ladies! 🤩🍎

10/26/2022

This week, our intern Sarah was able to observe the TPN compounding process during her clinical rotation!

TPN is a method of feeding that bypasses the GI tract and goes directly into the vein. It’s used when patients can not or should not use their GI tract. Because it’s administered through a vein, the environment where it’s made needs to be sterile. Hence Sarah’s outfit 😎🥼🧪

10/24/2022

Very proud to announce that our interns Sarah Cuffee and Maya Torres were awarded the Foundation’s Commission on Dietetic Registration Diversity Internship Scholarship! Congratulations! 🥳

10/15/2022

Meet the Class 30 Interns! 🍎🥼
Hollie is currently in her research rotation at Virginia State University working with Dr. Siddiqui.

10/14/2022

Meet the Class 30 Interns! 🍎🥼
Maya is currently in her research rotation working remotely.

10/13/2022

Meet the Class 30 Interns! 🍎🥼
Amy is currently in her research rotation at Virginia State University working with Dr. Chyer Kim.

10/12/2022

Meet the Class 30 Interns! 🍎🥼
Samantha is currently in her clinical rotation at Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center.

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