Emily Taylor, RDN

Medfield, MA, 02052

emily.a.taylor@uconn.edu
Education:
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Bachelor of Science, Dietetics, May 2018, Honors Scholar, Summa Cum Laude
 Coordinated Program in Dietetics, completion June 2018.
 Minor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
 GPA: 4.00/4.00
 Ann Lurate Lupo Scholarship in Clinical Dietetics
 Outstanding Dietetics Student Award (CT Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics)
Experience:
Culinary Communications Intern July 2018 to Present
The Foodie Dietitian Blog by Kara Lydon, RD, LDN, RYT, Intuitive Eating Counselor
 Responsible for daily link sharing, promotion of blog content, and other social media management tasks (working remotely).
 Working on guest blog posts, and thus enriching recipe development and written communication skills.
Clinical Intern April 2018 to June 2018
Women & Infants Hospital, Providence, RI
Rotations in NICU, Outpatient Oncology, and Inpatient
 Performed nutrition screening & assessment on prenatal, postpartum, and oncology patients in the inpatient setting.
 Coordinated with other healthcare professionals during interprofessional daily rounding in both the NICU and adult care
settings.
 Performed calculations and formulated recommendations for neonatal and adult nutrition support.
 Employed written communication skills and knowledge of health literacy to develop educational and health promotional
materials for cancer survivors.
 Aided in planning and implementation of nutrition programming and events, including classes, events for cancer survivors,
and community education programs.
 Utilized customer service skills in providing meal rounds and performing recovery.
Dialysis Intern March 2018
Dialysis Center of Johnston, Johnston, RI
 Performed nutrition assessment through rounding and chart review.
 Developed verbal communication skills by counseling patients on understanding laboratory results and their relationship to
dietary compliance.
 Employed writing and creative skills to create nutrition education materials tailored to the needs of dialysis patients.
Undergraduate Research Assistant September 2015 to August 2017
Summer Undergraduate Research Funding (SURF) Award Recipient
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Community Nutrition Laboratory, Dr. Amy Mobley
 Worked closely with graduate students to collect, input, and analyze data for various projects.
 Utilized organizational and interpersonal skills to connect with potential participants at community sites and schedule
interviews.
 Trained new lab members on certain skills and delegated tasks.
College Ambassador August 2016 to May 2017
College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
 Worked on communications and events promoting the College to prospective students and the rest of the University.
Girl Scouts Gold Award November 2012 to November 2013
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts, Waltham, MA
 Completed a nutrition- and body positivity-oriented project involving designing and implementing a 6-week program for
elementary school-aged children and self-publishing a cookbook.

Skills:
Cerner, eClinicalWorks, Microsoft Word, Excel, & PowerPoint; Nutrition Data Systems for Research (NDSR), IBM Statistical
Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), intermediate-level French, social media (Instagram: @eatswitheat)