CURRICULUM VITAE LAURA ELIZABETH NEWTON The University of Alabama at Birmingham Voice: (205) 975-0378 Department of Nutrition Sciences Fax: (205) 996-2072 WEBB 407 Email: lnewton@uab.edu 1530 3 rd Ave. S Birmingham, AL 35294-1270 Personal Statement Education I was first inspired to pursue teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level while serving as a preceptor to dietetic interns at UAB Hospital. My teaching style is to fuse the foundation knowledge with the real-life application of nutrition. The knowledge alone is not enough to enable students to assess, diagnose, and implement nutrition interventions. Patient simulation utilizing real-life examples from my practice not only provides an opportunity to apply knowledge but also illustrates situations that they will encounter in practice coming from someone who has done the job. This relatability has been invaluable in teaching to bridge the gap between knowledge and practice. Students must also be able to communicate effectively with consumers, patients, and health professionals in a variety of formats. I utilize a variety of techniques in courses for students to demonstrate effective communication including verbal presentations, consumer and professional handouts. Although I did not start my career as a teacher, I truly believe it is my passion and privilege to educate future nutrition professionals. 1991 M.A.Ed. University of Alabama at Birmingham - Exercise Physiology, Birmingham, Alabama 1989 B.S. Auburn University - Coordinated Dietetics Program, Auburn, Alabama. Graduated cum laude. Academic Appointments 2008-present 2011-present Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham Scientist, Center for Aging, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2004-2008 Instructor, Department of Nutrition Sciences Previous Appointments 1990-2004 Clinical Dietitian, University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital 1991-1994 Nutrition Consultant, Sport Science Committee for Alabama United States Tennis Association. 1990-1991 Nutrition Consultant, Sportslife, Birmingham, Alabama. Licenses/Certification 1994- present Licensed Dietitian, State of AL; #807 1989 present Registered Dietitian; CDR # 719984 2000 2005 Certified Nutrition Support Dietitian; American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Professional Affiliations Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Dietitians in Nutrition Support practice group; Oncology practice group Birmingham District Dietetic Association Alabama Dietetic Association American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Teaching Experience 2005 present 2013-present 2012-present NTR604/NTR604 Nutrition Support Principles and Practice Coursemaster This course provides a clinical review of current methods of providing nutrition support for critically ill patients. This theory is then integrated with clinical practice. NTR232 Nutrition in the Lifecycle Coursemaster This course starts with a review of principles of nutrition then moves in to application of those basic nutrition principles to growth, development and health. DENT2225 Coursemaster, Dental Nutrition This course is designed to provide the dental student with tools for understanding the relationship of nutrition or oral health and disease. Emphasis is placed on the dentist s role in identification of
assessing the nutritional status of clients and their role in nutrition counseling. 2012, 2014 NTR601/701 Advanced Medical Nutrition - Coursemaster 2014 PT 762 Professional Practice, Lecturer, Nutrition Optimization 2014 PT782 Health Focused Patient/Client Management, Co-Instructor 2011 NTR225 Coursemaster, Promoting Nutrition and Wellness for Healthy Communities 2006-2012 University of Alabama at Birmingham NTR 625/725 - Lecturer Hospital Malnutrition Nutrition and Cancer 2006-2010 University of Alabama NHM 195 Introduction to the Profession of Dietetics, Lecturer 2004 2009 University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical School First Year medical school Nutrition Course Clinical Correlations Body Composition, Your Eating Pattern, Parenteral Nutrition, Patient Query, Recipe Modification 1992-2004 Lectures to UAB Dietetic Internship NTR604 Pulmonary Nutrition, Indirect Calorimetry, Sports Nutrition Innovations in Teaching Graduate coursework taught utilizes simulation-based experiences to enhance the foundation base knowledge. These experiences include nutrition focused physical assessment utilizing a simulated acute-care setting. Here students are able to practice taking anthropometric measurements, skin assessment, breath and bowel sound auscultation and more. Other strategies employed in teaching include interprofessional problem based learning activities with other health profession disciplines and case studies based on real-life patient examples. Maintaining a clinical practice as well as involvement as an interventionist in ongoing research activities while teaching has enabled me to stay upto-date on current evidence-based practices and utilize those examples in teaching students about the application of nutrition principles. Research/Scholarly Activities Publications: Locher JL, Bales CW, Ellis AC, Lawrence JC, Newton L, Ritchie CS, Roth DL, Buys DL, Vickers KS. A Theoretically Based Behavioral Nutrition Intervention for Community Elders at High Risk: The B-NICE Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. J Nutr Gerontol Geriatr. Oct;30(4):384-402, 2011
Newton, LE and Garvey WT. Nutritional and Medical Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Hospitalized Patients. 2012. In The A.S.P.E.N. Nutrition Support Core Curriculum: A Case-Based Approach the Adult Patient, 3 rd Edition. American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Newton, L and Peoples, M, Implementing the Critical Illness Guideline in a Patient with Necrotizing Fasciitis and Open Abdomen. Support Line. 31 (1):4-10, 2009. Newton, LE and Morgan, SL. Therapeutic Diets. 2006. In: Handbook of Clinical Nutrition, fourth edition. DC Heimburger and JD Ard, eds. Mosby Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA. Newton, LE and Morgan, SL. Pulmonary Disease. 2006. In: Handbook of Clinical Nutrition, fourth edition. DC Heimburger and JD Ard, eds. Mosby Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA. Newton, LE and Heimburger, DC. Critical Illness. 2006. In: Handbook of Clinical Nutrition, fourth edition. DC Heimburger and JD Ard, eds. Mosby Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA. Newton, LE. Kidney Disease. 2006. In: Handbook of Clinical Nutrition, fourth edition. DC Heimburger and JD Ard, eds. Mosby Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA. Newton, LE and Yancey, RG, Nutrition screening at a large university-affiliated teaching hospital. Future Dimensions in Clinical Nutrition Management, July, 1996. Newton, LE, Hunter, GR, Bamman, MM and Roney RK. Changes in psychological state and self-reported diet during various phases of training in competitive bodybuilders. J Strength Cond Res. 7 (3): 153-8, 1993. Bamman, MM, Hunter, GR, Newton, LE, Roney, RK and Khaled, MA. Changes in body composition, diet and strength of bodybuilders during the 12 weeks prior to competition. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 33: 383-91, 1993. Web-based Peer-Reviewed Publications McDuffie V, Hardy E, Newton L, Bearden D and Swanson M. Complicated Grief in and HIV Positive Older Adult. The Deep South CME Network, UAB Geriatric Education Center, UAB Division of CME. http://www.alabamacme.uab.edu/geriatrics.aspx. August 2012. Newton, LE. Care of an Older Adult with a History of Gastric Bypass: Nutritional Concerns and Considerations. The Deep South CME Network, UAB Geriatric Education Center, UAB Division of CME, http://www.alabamacme.uab.edu/geriatrics.aspx. October 2012. In print: Newton, LE. Vitamins and Nutrition Support. 2012. In Pharmacology for Nursing Practice, 1e. McGraw Hill. Reviewer: Oncology Nutrition for Clinical Practice, 2013. Chapters: Nutrition Screening and Assessment, Energetics, Exercise and Nutrition.
Deep South CME Network, UAB Geriatric Education Center newsletters Research Activity Interventionist, A Multi-component Behavioral Nutritional Intervention for Homebound Elderly, PI Julie Locher, National Institute on Aging. 2008-2013. Role in this study involved home visits to older adults identified as being at nutrition risk. Nutrition assessment and counseling on ways to optimize nutritional intake was performed in the home and subsequent telephone consultations. Interventionist, Resistance Training and Physical Functioning in Head and Neck Cancer (RETAIN), PI - Laura Rogers, American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR). 2013-present. Role in this study includes performing nutrition assessment and nutritional counseling to all patients enrolled in the study (weekly for six weeks then telephone consultations for six weeks). These patients are often on tube feeding and/or supplementation in addition to an oral diet. Clinical Services 2007-present Survivorship and Supportive Care Clinic Developed and implemented nutrition services for this clinic; primarily see patients with cancer, cachexia or other chronic diseases with nutrition issues. 2006 2014 Optifast Clinic weight loss and meal replacement program. Teach nutrition and behavioral classes. Individual counseling with patients to monitor and assess progress towards weight management goals. 2004-2013 Camellia Medical Group Provided nutrition assessments and counseling to patients in this retainer clinic. 2004 2011 Nutrition Clinic. Performed nutrition assessments, evaluation of nutrition status, development of nutrition care plan, provide nutrition counseling 2004-2011 Managed Home Parenteral Nutrition patients. Coordinated total parenteral nutrition orders with various home infusion companies. Monitor, evaluate and modify total parenteral nutrition support for patients on this type of feeding. 2004-2011 UAB Nutrition Support Consult Service, Indirect Calorimetry Service. Inpatient nutrition consult service. See patients on parenteral or enteral
nutrition, suspected nutrient deficiencies and complex medical conditions. Presentations 2005 present New Beginnings Cancer Support Group. Eating Well, Staying Well 2014 American Academy of Optometry national meeting, Vision in Aging, Multidisciplinary Grand Rounds 2014 University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Nutrition for Older Adults 2014 UAB Geriatric Education Center Faculty Scholars Program, Nutrition for Healthy Aging 2014 Marshall Medical Center, Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, Nutrition and Exercise for the Cancer Patient 2013 Gulf Coast Medical Center, Nutrition and Exercise for the Cancer Survivor 2013 UAB Family Medicine noon conference, Pros and Cons of Weight Loss in the Obese Older Adult 2013 UAB Geriatric Education Center annual conference, Pros and Cons of Weight Loss in the Older Adult 2011-present UAB Geriatric Education Center Faculty Scholars 2012-present Program, Nutrition for the Older Adult Geriatric Fellows and Residents conference. Sarcopenia and Supporting Nutrition for Older Adults 2012 Patient Education Summit with Kareem Abdul-Jabar, Novartis, Nutrition and CML 2012 UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, Progress and Promises, panelist. 2012 Alabama Dietetic Association State meeting, Glycemic Control in the Nutrition Support Patient 2011 ENERGY study Dietary Supplements 2011-present UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center Living With Cancer series Nutrition for the Cancer Patient 2011 UsToo Prostate Cancer support group Nutrition and Prostate Cancer 2011 UAB Geriatric Education Center Supporting Nutrition in the Older Adult. 2 nd Annual Interprofessional Conference, Birmingham, AL 2009 UAB Cancer Center Nutrition for the Cancer Patient 2009 American Cancer Society, I Can Cope series Nutrition and Cancer 2008 Alabama State Dietetic Meeting, Nutritional Challenges in Cancer Treatment
2005-2007 Hope Lodge, Nutrition and Cancer 2006 UAB Cancer Center, Can You Hear Me Now? Tools for Cancer Survivorship 2006 UAB Bone Marrow Transplant Nurse Practitioners Meeting, Total Parenteral Nutrition 2005 8 th Annual Urban Cancer Prevention and Control Conference. Nutrition and Cancer 2005 Alabama Society of Radiologic Technologists 59 th Annual Meeting. Nutrition Effects of Cancer Therapy 1999 Alabama Council of Renal Nutrition, Overview of Nutrition Support: Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Professional Activity and Development 2013 present Lecturer, Dietitian Central web-based continuing education 2012-present The Oncology Nursing Community, www.theonc.org, blogger on nutrition and cancer topics 2010-2012 Alabama Dietetic Association, Continuing Professional Education Chair 2010-2012 Oncology Nutrition practice group, newsletter Associate Editor 2011 Teaching with Technology 2009 2010 Alabama Dietetic Association, Chair, Council on Professional Issues; Website Committee 2010 Alabama Dietetic Association, Poster Chair for state meeting 2009 Teaching with Rubrics 2008-2009 Birmingham District Dietetic Association, President 2008-2012 Analyst, American Dietetic Evidence Analysis Library 2008-2009 Alabama Dietetic Association, Chair-elect, Council on Professional Issues 2008 Distance Teaching Seminar 2008 Teaching Blended and Online Courses 2006 Engaging Students in the 21 st Century 2005-present University of Alabama at Birmingham Dietetic Internship Advisory Council council advises dietetic internship program regarding accreditation standards, intern rotations, and curriculum. 1995-present UAB University Hospital Nutrition Committee committee approves in-patient nutrition standards, reviews UAB Diet Manual, develops nutrition formulary. 2005-2007 UAB Cancer Distress Management Taskforce reviewed National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Distress Management guidelines and developed pilot implementation program in several outpatient clinics 1997-2000 Commission on Accreditation/Approval for Dietetics Education; site visitor for three Dietetic Internship programs (on site) and five year review for three Dietetic Internship programs 1997 Auburn University Didactic Program in Nutrition, Advisory Council Awards and Honors 1994, 2001, 2003 Outstanding clinical instructor - UAB dietetic internship 2000 Recognition of Service Award American Dietetic Association