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Emily Myers, PhD, RDN

  • Instructor and Assistant Director of the 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

January 2025 - present: Instructor and Assistant Director of the Internship in Nutrition and Dietetics

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

March 2023 – December 2024: Project Coordinator, Virginia Tech Nutrition and Dietetics Internship, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech

January 2021 – December 2024: Adjunct Faculty Instructor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech

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

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

January 2025 - present: Instructor and Assistant Director of the Internship in Nutrition and Dietetics

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

March 2023 – December 2024: Project Coordinator, Virginia Tech Nutrition and Dietetics Internship, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech

January 2021 – December 2024: Adjunct Faculty Instructor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech

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