|
Karyl Rickard is
professor of nutrition and dietetics at Indiana UniversitySchools
of Health and Rehabilitative Services and Medicine (Indianapolis)
and a full member of the Indiana University Graduate School
(Bloomington). She was an expert panel member for
the Start Healthy National Infant and Toddler Feeding Guidelines
published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association
in March 2004.
Dr. Rickard received
her B.S. in dietetics from the University of Wyoming and
her Masters in Nutrition Science at University of Wisconsin,
followed by a Pediatric Nutrition Fellowship at University
of Washington Child Development Center. Her PhD was
from Purdue.
She held joint
academic and administrative appointments at the Indiana
University School of Medicine and James Whitcomb Riley Hospital
for Children from 1972-present, until she finally left her
appointment at Riley as Director of Pediatric Nutrition
Research, Program and Staff Development in 1995 for her
current position in the Graduate School at Bloomington.
She has been active in professional associations, such as
the American Dietetic Association, American Academy of Pediatrics,
and American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition,
Pediatric Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. She
has been a consultant with Federal agencies, such as the
Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, Public Health Services,
US Department of Health and Human Services; Food and Nutrition
Board, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council;
US Department of Agriculture – Women, Infants and
Children (WIC) Program, Washington DC; and the National
Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute Grant Review
Committees and Site Visits. She is currently part
of the board developing a nutrition strategic plan and blueprint
to meet future nutrition and health care needs as well as
recommendations for national funding priorities to develop
pediatric nutrition and MCH leaders.
Dr. Rickard has
been the recipient of many awards and honors recognizing
her achievements. In 2004 alone, she received the
Outstanding Dietetic Educator’s Award for Dietetic
Internship Programs in Region 5 States from the American
Dietetic Association, the Outstanding Dietetic Educator’s
Award for Dietetic Internships, from the Indiana Dietetic
Association and the Excellence in Service Award from
her college. She has many publications, book chapter
and articles to her credit and is in demand as a reviewer
and presenter.
|
