Faculty Profile
Katie Kavanagh, PhD, RD
Education
2001-2006 University of California (Davis, CA)
PhD, Nutritional Biology
Minor: Epidemiology/Statistics>
Major Professor: Dr. Kathryn G. Dewey
2002 University of California (Davis, CA)
Seminar in College Teaching - Certificate
1996-2001 University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)
Master of Science, Nutrition Science
Dietetic Internship
1988-1992 University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)
B.F.A. December 1992
Teaching Experience:
2007 Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Course: Maternal and Child Nutrition
2002-2004 Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis, CA
Courses: Clinical Nutrition Lecture and Lab, Community Nutrition, and Nutritional Assessment.
Informal Teaching Activities:
2002-2004 Guest lecturer: Clinical Nutrition, Community Nutrition, and Nutritional Assessment. University of California, Davis, CA
2004-2005 Supervised seventeen undergraduate interns during dissertation project. University of California, Davis, CA
Invited Lecture:
2007 Invited speaker, Public Health Seminar series at UTK, Topic: Early Infant Weight Gain: What’s Happening and How Might it Impact Later Overweight?
2005 Invited speaker, conference sponsored by the UC Davis Human Lactation Center, “A Closer Look at Breastfeeding Myths and “Heresies” Facing the Facts and Fiction”. Topic: When Infants Cry Too Much: Overview of Methods Used to Calm the Fussy Infant
Research Experience:
August 2006- Present Assistant Professor.
Pilot Assessment of Concentration of Reconstituted Infant Formula in Knox County. UTK, Department of Nutrition
Developing nutrition education messages for the East Tennessee WIC population – Maternal attitudes, knowledge and practices of infant feeding from birth to 6 months. UTK, Department of Nutrition
Dec. 2005-July 2006 Post Graduate Research Associate. Planning and implementing series of focus groups in WIC population, to investigate maternal attitudes regarding coping strategies, infant fatness, and barriers to following infant feeding guidelines. UC Davis, Department of Nutrition
July 2004-July 2006 PhD Candidate. Educational intervention to modify bottle-feeding behaviors among formula feeding mothers in the WIC Program: Impact on infant formula intake, weight gain and fatness. UC Davis, Department of Nutrition
2003 Post Graduate Research Associate. Development of age-specific parenting strategies, to reduce overfeeding in infancy. UCD Human Lactation Center
2001- 2002 Post Graduate Research Associate. The California Statewide Breastfeeding Needs Assessment Survey. UCD Human Lactation Center
1998- 2001 Masters student. Working with longitudinal dataset (2 mo to 8 y) from middle- and upper-income children in East Tennessee. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Nutrition
Awards:
2006 UTK Professional Development Award
2006 ASN Public Health Nutrition RIS Graduate Student Travel Award
2004 ECOLAB Scholarship, ADA Foundation
2004 Jastro-Shields Graduate Research Scholarship, University of California, Davis
2001 Nutrition Block Grant Fellowship, University of California, Davis
Professional Society Memberships:
1996-present American Dietetic Association (CDR#:871545) DPG: Research
2001-present American Society of Nutrition Science
2005-present Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior
Service:
2005-Present Ad Hoc reviewer – Journal of Human Lactation
Other Experience:
2004 Focus group facilitator. Solano County WIC
2004 Trained in adult learning theory and adult education techniques
1995-1997 Assistant General Manager, Knoxville Community Food Cooperative
Refereed Publications:
Heinig MJ, PhD, IBCLC, Follett JR, PhD, Ishii KD, MSW, Kavanagh-Prochaska K, MS, RD, Cohen R, PhD, Panchula J, BSW, RN, PHN, IBCLC. Barriers to Compliance with Infant Feeding Recommendations among Low-income Women. Journal of Human Lactation. 2006 Feb;22(1):27-38.
Kavanagh KF, Cohen RJ, Heinig MJ, Dewey KG. Educational Intervention to Modify Bottle-feeding Behaviors Among Formula Feeding Mothers in the WIC Program: Impact on Infant Formula Intake, and Weight Gain. JNEB. In Press.
Other Selected Publications:
Dewey KG, Heinig MJ, Kavanagh-Prochaska K. (2005) Educational Intervention to Modify Bottle-feeding Behaviors Among Formula Feeding Mothers in the WIC Program: Impact on Infant Formula Intake, Weight Gain and Fatness. USDA ERS, Small Grants Program.
Heinig MJ, Prochaska KK. (2002) Results of the 2001-2002 California Statewide Breastfeeding Needs Assessment Survey. DANR.
Mangels R, Kavanagh-Prochaska K. (2000) Vegan Nutrition in Pregnancy and Childhood. Vegetarian Resource Group.
Contact the Department of Nutrition
1215 W. Cumberland Ave.
229 Jessie Harris Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-1920
Brenda Hart
bhart57@utk.edu
Phone: (865) 974-5445
Fax: (865) 974-3491