Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and PhD Candidate
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Katie Ellison is a registered dietitian nutritionist and fifth year PhD student in the Department of Nutrition Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has received numerous honors and awards including the American Society for Nutrition's 2024 George Bray Obesity Research Student Award and the Herblife Nutrition Scholarship, the Alabama Dietetic Association's Leadership Scholarship, the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, Alabama Chapter, and the American Society for Nutrition's Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Abstract Recognition Award. Katie's research interests are in implementation sciences for translating obesity treatment strategies to clinical and community settings.