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

Interim MSHP Coordinator

le3robin@utmb.edu

Makia Golliday

Coordinator II

mrgollid@utmb.edu

Lana Long

DCN Program Coordinator

Administrative Associate

lmlong@utmb.edu

Program Faculty

Elizabeth Lyons, PhD, MPH
Grace Bucksch Gnitzinger Distinguished Professor in Aging; Chair; Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences and Health Behavior

Crystal C. Douglas, PhD, RDN/LD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences and Health Behavior

Ahmar Hashmi, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences and Health Behavior

Chelsea B. Hoover, MS, RD, CSR, LD
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences and Health Behavior

Emily Lantz, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences and Health Behavior

Christopher Messenger, PhD, MS, RD, LD, CNSC
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences and Health Behavior

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

Maria C. Swartz, PhD, MPH, RD, LD
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences and Health Behavior