Community/Public Health Nutrition-Based Dietetic Internships The following are community and public health nutrition-based dietetic internships accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND). For more information and for a complete list of all accredited dietetic internships, CLICK HERE. Alabama State Department of Education (AL) Child Nutrition Programs Emphasis: Food Systems Management and Child Nutrition Programs http://www.alsde.edu/home/sections/subsectiondocuments.aspx?sectionid=53&subsection=87 University of Central Arkansas (AR) Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition http://uca.edu/facs/programs/dietetic-internship/ Maricopa County Department of Public Health (AZ) Dietetic Internship Program Emphasis: Public Health http://www.maricopa.gov/publichealth/services/nutrition/dieteticintern.aspx Clinica Sierra Vista (CA) Dietetic Internship Nutrition http://www.clinicasierravista.org California State University, Fresno (CA) Department of Food Science and Nutrition Emphasis: Culturally Competent Health Promotion and Disease Prevention http://www.fresnostate.edu/academics/degrees-programs/food-sci-nutrition.html Golden Gate Dietetic Internship (CA) Nutrition Management http://www.goldengatedi.com/ Public Health Foundation Enterprises (CA) WIC Program Dietetic Internship Nutrition Management http://www.phfewic.org/internship/internshiphome.aspx Center for Child Development and Developmental Disabilities (CA) Children s Hospital Los Angeles Emphasis: Pediatrics, Maternal and Child Health, Developmental Disabilities http://www.chla.org/site/c.ipinktoajsg/b.4009219/k.f62f/diatetic_internship.htm#.uuo1-xdnbiu California State University, Northridge (CA) Department of Family and Consumer Services, Nutrition Therapy http://www.csun.edu/health-human-development/family-consumer-sciences/dietetic-internship-program 1
Central Valley WIC Dietetic Internship (CA) http://www.cvwdi.org/ California State Polytechnic University (CA) Human Nutrition and Food Science Department Emphasis: Wellness Promotion http://www.csupomona.edu/~dietinternship San Diego WIC Dietetic Internship (CA) http://www.sdsuwic.org/wic-san-diego/wic-careers.html University of Northern Colorado (CO) Department of Community Health and Nutrition Emphasis: Management, Nutrition Education and Community http://www.unco.edu/dietetic/ Tri-County Health Department, Greenwood Village (CO) Emphasis: Public Health/Community Nutrition http://www.tchd.org/dietetic_internship.htm The University of Connecticut (CT) Department of Allied Health Sciences Emphasis: Urban Issues http://www.alliedhealth.uconn.edu/dietetics/internship.php University of Delaware, Newark (DE) Department of Behavioral Health and Nutrition Nutrition http://www.udel.edu/bhan/dietetic University of Florida, Gainesville (FL) Food Science and Human Nutrition Department Emphasis: Nutrition Education and Wellness http://fshn.ifas.ufl.edu/programs/graduate/degrees-offered/m-s-dietetics-internship/ Pasco County Health Department, New Port Richey (FL) http://www.doh.state.fl.us/chdpasco/di_web/dihome.htm Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Tallahassee (FL) Emphasis: School Foodservice & Child Nutrition Programs http://www.freshfromflorida.com/divisions-offices/food-nutrition-and-wellness/nutrition-education-resources/dietetic-internship-program 2
The University of Georgia, Athens (GA) Intervention and Research, Medical Nutrition Therapy http://www.fcs.uga.edu/fdn/graduate/dietetics.html Division of Public Health, Atlanta (GA) Georgia Department of Public Health http://dph.georgia.gov/dietetic-internship Morrison Chartwells Distance Education Dietetic Internship Emphasis: Clinical Nutrition, School Nutrition http://rdinternship.com Georgia Southern University, Statesboro (GA) Department of Health and Kinesiology Nutrition, School Nutrition http://chhs.georgiasouthern.edu/hk/graduate/dietetic-internship/ Idaho State University, Pocatello (ID) Dietetic Programs http://isu.edu/hns/dietetics Southern Illinois University Carbondale (IL) Animal Science, Food and Nutrition Nutrition http://coas.siu.edu/academics/bachelors/human-nutrition/didactic-program/index.html Eastern Illinois University, Charleston (IL) School of Family and Consumer Sciences Emphasis: Nutrition Education http://www.eiu.edu/dietetic Northern Illinois University, DeKalb (IL) School of Family, Consumer and Nutrition Sciences Nutrition and Health Promotion http://www.chhs.niu.edu/nutrition/dieteticinternship/index.shtml Benedictine University, Lisle (IL) Department of Nutrition Emphasis: Public Health/Community Nutrition http://www.ben.edu/coehs/nutrition/ms-dietetic-internship.cfm 3
Loyola University Chicago (IL) Emphasis: Public Health Nutrition http://www.luc.edu/nursing/dietetic/internships/ Bradley University, Peoria (IL) Department of Family and Consumer Emphasis: Wellness http://www.bradley.edu/academic/departments/fcs/programs/internship Iowa State University, Ames (IA) Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition Emphasis: Technology in Health Promotion http://www.dietetics.iastate.edu/ Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green (KY) Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition http://www.wku.edu/facs/dieteticinternship Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond (KY) Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition http://www.fcs.eku.edu/dietetic-internship-0 Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge (LA) College of Agricultural, Family, and Consumer Science Nutrition http://www.subr.edu/index.cfm/page/637 Tulane University, New Orleans (LA) School of Public Health Community Health Sciences http://www.sph.tulane.edu/publichealth/chs/dieteticinternship.cfm University of Maine, Orono (ME) Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition Emphasis: Nutrition Services and Professional Advocacy http://foodsciencehumannutrition.umaine.edu/dietetic-internship/ University of Massachusetts, Amherst (MA) Emphasis: Health Promotion/Disease Prevention http://www.umass.edu/dieteticinternship/ 4
Simmons College, Boston (MA) Department of Nutrition, S334 Nutrition, Health Promotion and Wellness http://www.simmons.edu/snhs/programs/nutrition/dietetic/index.php Wellness Workdays, Hingham (MA) Emphasis: Work Site Wellness and Health Promotion http://www.wellnessworkdays.com/di University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MI) School of Public Health http://www.sph.umich.edu/ehs/nutr/dietetic_internship.html Michigan State University, East Lansing (MI) Trout Food Science Education http://www.fshn.msu.edu/graduate_programs/dietetic_internship Missouri State University, Springfield (MO) Department of Biomedical Sciences Emphasis: Public Affairs, Rural Health http://www.missouristate.edu/dietetics/graduate/ Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau (MO) Department of Human Environmental Studies Emphasis: Nutrition Education http://www5.semo.edu/dietetic_internship/ Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Jefferson City (MO) Division of Community and Public Health Emphasis: Public Health/Community Nutrition http://health.mo.gov/living/wellness/nutrition/dieteticinterns/index.php St. Louis University, St. Louis (MO) Doisy College of Health Sciences Emphasis: Nutrition & Physical Performance, Nutrition Therapy, Pediatrics, Public Health http://www.slu.edu/x11676.xml The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg (MS) Department of Nutrition and Food Systems Emphasis: Health Promotion and Education http://www.usm.edu/nutrition/di 5
Mississippi State University, Mississippi St. (MS) Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion Emphasis: Nutrition Education and Therapy http://www.fsnhp.msstate.edu/students/nutrition/undergrad.asp Appalachian State University (NC) Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management Emphasis: Rural Health http://nhm.appstate.edu/graduate-program Western Carolina University, Cullowhee (NC) Dietetic Internship Program Emphasis: Nutrition Education http://www.wcu.edu/4680.asp East Carolina University, Greenville (NC) College of Human Ecology Department of Nutrition Science Emphasis: Clinical Nutrition, Community Nutrition http://www.ecu.edu/che/nutr/di/ University of Nebraska-Lincoln (NE) Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences Emphasis: Critical Care Nutrition, Public Health and Outreach Nutrition Education http://cehs.unl.edu/nhs/internships/dieteticintern.shtml University of New Hampshire, Durham (NH) Department of Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences Emphasis: Health Promotion/Disease Prevention http://www.dieteticinternship.unh.edu Keene State College (NH) Nutrition Education and Wellness http://www.keene.edu/academics/dietetics University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Scotch Plains (NJ) School of Health Related Professions, Room 443 Emphasis: Nutrition Therapy Community http://shrp.rutgers.edu/dept/nutr/dietetic/index.html New Mexico State University, Las Cruces (NM) Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition in the Cooperative Extension Service http://dieteticinternship.nmsu.edu/ 6
University at Buffalo, SUNY (NY) Nutrition Program Emphasis: Wellness http://sphhp.buffalo.edu/exercise-and-nutrition-sciences/education/dietetic-internship.html Queens College-CUNY, Flushing (NY) Emphasis: Advanced Community Nutrition http://www.qc.cuny.edu/academics/degrees/dmns/fnes/programs/pages/dietetics.aspx Columbia University, Teachers College (NY) Program in Nutrition Emphasis: Nutrition Education http://www.tc.columbia.edu/hbs/nutrition/index.asp?id=dietetic+internship+program&info=dietetic+internship+program Hunter College CUNY, New York (NY) School of Public Health and Public Health Nutrition Education http://cuny.edu/site/sph/hunter-college/a-programs/graduate/nutrition/di.html State University of New York at Oneonta (NY) Department of Human Ecology http://www.oneonta.edu/academics/dieteticinternship-ms Stony Brook University, Stony Brook (NY) Department of Family Medicine Emphasis: Clinical/Nutrition Therapy, Public Health Nutrition http://www.stonybrookmedicalcenter.org/dietetic_intern Bowling Green State University (OH) School of Family and Consumer Sciences Emphasis: Health and Wellness http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/edhd/fcs/di/ Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland (OH) Department of Nutrition Emphasis: Public Health/Community Nutrition http://www.case.edu/med/nutrition/phn_index.html University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond (OK) Department of Human Environmental Sciences Emphasis: Health and Wellness http://www.uco.edu/ceps/dept/hes/nutrition-ms/ 7
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City (OK) Department of Nutritional Sciences, Nutrition Focused Outcomes http://www.ah.ouhsc.edu/main/programs/showprograms2onesec.asp?pgid=4&pid=19&psc=programdesc Oregon Health & Science University, Portland (OR) Outreach http://www.ohsu.edu/graduate-programs-in-human-nutrition Cedar Crest College, Allentown (PA) http://www.cedarcrest.edu/ca/academics/nutrition/dietetic_internship.shtm Indiana University of Pennsylvania (PA) Department of Food and Nutrition Emphasis: Intervention and Community Education http://www.iup.edu/foodnutrition/adadieteticinternship/default.aspx Adagio Health, Pittsburgh (PA) Emphasis: Business Approach to Community Nutrition http://www.adagiohealth.org/womens-healthcare/nutrition/dietetic-internship.php Marywood University, Scranton (PA) Department of Nutrition and Dietetics Emphasis: Health Promotion and Wellness http://www.marywood.edu/nutrition/internship/ Puerto Rico Department of Health, San Juan (PR) Nutrition Education E-mail: edolz@salud.gov.pr South Carolina Department of Health, Columbia (SC) Department of Health and Environmental Control Health and Nutrition, Medical Nutrition Therapy http://www.scdhec.gov/health/proservices/nutrition/intern.htm The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Emphasis: Clinical, Community http://nutrition.utk.edu/dietetic-intership-program/ Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (TN) Emphasis: Disease Management/Health Promotion http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=dieteticinternship 8
Texas WIC Dietetic Internship, Austin (TX) Texas Department of State Health Services Health http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/wichd/interns/intern-brochure.shtm Lamar University, Beaumont (TX) Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Emphasis: Nutrition Education and Counseling http://dept.lamar.edu/fcs/internship/prog_descr.htm University of Texas Health Science Center Houston (TX) School of Public Health Emphasis: Public Health Nutrition https://sph.uth.edu/research/centers/dell/diet-internship/ Sam Houston State University, Huntsville (TX) Department of Family and Consumers Sciences Research and Practice http://www.shsu.edu/~hec_www/graduate/msddip.html Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches (TX) School of Human Sciences Nutrition http://www.sfasu.edu/hms/101.asp Virginia Department of Health, Richmond (VA) Virginia/Maryland WIC Dietetic Internship Program http://www.vahealth.org/dcn/dieteticintern/index.htm Central Washington University, Ellensburg (WA) Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Health Sciences Nutrition http://www.cwu.edu/health-science/dietetic-internship Sea Mar Community Health Center, Seattle (WA) http://www.seamar.org/static_pages/preventive.php Viterbo University, La Crosse (WI) Nutrition and Dietetics Department Nutrition http://www.viterbo.edu/di 9
Mount Mary College Milwaukee (WI) Graduate Program in Dietetics Emphasis: Health Promotion/Disease Prevention http://www.mtmary.edu/majors-programs/graduate/dietetics/internship/ West Virginia University, Morgantown (WV) Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design http://dietetics.wvu.edu 10