Faculty & Staff

Program Leadership

Blair H. Brown, MS, RDN, LD, CNSC

Associate Chair and Assistant Professor

Program Director, Master of Science and Dietetic Internship

Director of Clinical Education

bhbrown@utmb.edu

Web Biography

Leila Robinson

Administrative Manager

le3robin@utmb.edu

Lana Long

Administrative Associate

lmlong@utmb.edu

Program Faculty

Elizabeth Lyons, PhD, MPH
Grace Bucksch Gnitzinger Distinguished Professor in Aging; Chair; Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition, Metabolism & Rehabilitation Sciences

Crystal C. Douglas, PhD, RDN/LD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition, Metabolism & Rehabilitation Sciences

Chelsea B. Hoover, MS, RD, LD
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, Metabolism & Rehabilitation Sciences

Emily Lantz, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, Metabolism & Rehabilitation Sciences

Christopher Messenger, PhD, MS, RD, LD, CNSC
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, Metabolism & Rehabilitation Sciences

Melissa (Missy) Morrow, PhD
A. Russell Shearn Moody Distinguished Chair in Neurological Rehabilitation; Professor, Nutrition, Metabolism & Rehabilitation Sciences; Associate Director, Center for Health Promotion, Performance, and Rehabilitation Research (CHPPRR)

Claudia Sealey-Potts, PhD, RD, LDN, FAND
Professor and Director of Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition (DCN), Department of Nutrition, Metabolism & Rehabilitation Sciences