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Emily Myers, PhD, RDN

Adjunct Faculty Instructor
  • Blacksburg Site Manager, Virginia Tech Internship in Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Focus area(s): Education of future dietitians; nutrition counseling

Education

Ph.D., Human Nutrition and Foods, Virginia Tech, 2018

VT Dietetic Internship, Individualized Supervised Practice Program (ISPP), 2019

B.A., Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, 2009

Experience

March 2023 – present: Project Coordinator, Virginia Tech Nutrition and Dietetics Internship, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech

January 2021 – present: Adjunct Faculty Instructor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech

April 2020 – present: Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Rise Nutrition Counseling, LLC

August 2022 – December 2022: Adjunct Faculty Instructor, Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

August 2020 – May 2023: Adjunct Faculty Instructor, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Radford University

August 2017 – May 2018: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech

January 2015 – August 2017: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech

August 2013 – December 2014: Office Manager, Potomac Behavioral Solutions

August 2012 – August 2013: Quantitative Research Specialist, Corporate Executive Board (CEB) 

February 2011 – August 2012: Research Coordinator, Corporate Executive Board (CEB)

September 2009 – June 2010: English Language and Culture Assistant, IES Capellanía, Junta de Andalucía, Málaga, Spain

Selected Major Awards

  • 2018 – Outstanding Graduate Student Award, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Tech
  • 2018 – Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech
  • Summer 2018 – Hepler Award Recipient, Virginia Tech