FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Preceptor: Kellie O. Casavale, PhD, RDN (She/her/hers)
Senior Science Advisor for Nutrition
Office of Analytics and Outreach
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Contact:Kellie.oconnell@fda.hhs.gov
Scope: Dr. Casavale is able to provide students with experience to meet University course credit requirements for praticums, internships, and self-studies. Projects may include systematic reviews, manuscripts, reviewing and summarizing scientific and policy information, and other related, non-confidential activities. At FDA, Dr. Casavale supports cross-Center and cross-Departmental collaborations, particularly those related to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs), Closer to Zero, and maternal and child populations. Leadership roles include the U.S. Federal Data Consortium on Pregnancy and Birth to 24 Months, the Human Milk Composition Initiative in the U.S. and Canada, and maternal and child health projects in CDC’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES). She contributes leadership for Closer to Zero and the FDA/EPA Fish Advice, elucidating the ways nutrition can reduce the adverse developmental effects of potential exposures to environmental chemical contaminants from food. Please contact Dr. Casavale if you are interested.
