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Registered Dietitian

Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with 5 years experience in the field of nutrition, dietetics, and public health programming.  Diverse experience working with various socioeconomic status and multicultural communities. Competent in clinical nutrition care across the lifespan.

- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nutritional needs for patients of an acute care facility
- Implement nutrition care plans based on nutritional needs, dietary restriction and co-morbidities of patients
- Consult with other health care workers of the acute care facility
- Calculate nutritional needs for patients who are in need of enteral or parenteral nutrition
- Monthly education about various nutrition topics for Raritan Bay Medical Center’s blog
- Conduct outpatient nutrition assessments for general weight loss and bariatric surgery patients 
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nutritional needs for pre and post op bariatric surgery patients

- Develop social media marketing campaign 
- Provide ongoing social media content to engage a vast audience
- Perform research for Sports Nutrition Undergraduate and Graduate programs
- Perform research for SCAN fact sheets to provide professionals and the general public with information about various sports nutrition topics

Social Media Volunteer

- Managed a $555,050 grant for the Affordable Care Act in the state of Delaware
 - Supervised the implementation of the Affordable Care Act Marketplace Guide Program
 - Lead coordinator for three different sites throughout the state of Delaware
 - Managed ten employees
 - Submitted daily and monthly reports and met strict deadlines; planned and established weekly and monthly events
 - Point of contact for media relations for the Marketplace Guide Program
 - Co-author on multiple abstracts accepted for the American Public Health Association Conference
 - Co-author on grants written for funding opportunities for the Department of Family and Community Medicine

Program Coordinator

- Worked with a federally funded program called, The Moving Moms Forward Program, and Live It Series, preparing materials for weekly classes, collecting anthropometric data, performing duties as a co-educator, supervising Zumba classes and preparing interactive nutrition testings
 - Worked with the Cardiovascular Outreach Prevention Program (COPP), leading nutrition presentations for high school classes, preparing materials for weekly classes, assisting in focus groups for teens and adults and assisting in nightly classes for adults by collecting anthropometric data, providing presentations and connecting participants to resources
     - Assisted in creating an improved Cardiovascular Outreach Prevention Program nutrition curriculum
         - Performed extensive research on subject matter
         - Provided subject materials, PowerPoints and multimedia teaching aids
         - Created trifolds for each session and activities appropriate for teens
 - Worked with Delaware’s first Urban Garden program and the community participant driven program called CampFRESH, planning and cooking daily meals, performing administrative duties and assisting with the COPP program within CampFRESH
 - Led Shop Rite grocery store tours for diverse teens and their parents

Community Nutrition Educator

- Connected various communities to health care resources
 - Recruited patients for the Delaware Community Health Access Program
 - Analyzed monthly statistics report
 - Updated excel database with hundreds of members of the Delaware Community Health Access Program monthly

Community Educator/Health Coach

- Provided community needs assessments
 - Coordinated patient care and medical professionals for the Health Coach program
 - Coordinated and helped implement over 50 weight management series serving over 400 community members
 - Performed duties as an assistant teacher for the Get Fresh Club, a seven month program to teach preschoolers nutrition
 - Researched the effects of sodium in the diet by being responsible for measuring and cooking food for the subjects who participated in the research project and had pre-made diets

Researcher/Administrative Assistant

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Lauren Pendergast, RDN, CDN: Registered Dietitian in Jersey City, NJ

Lauren Pendergast, RDN, CDN

Sodexo

Sports Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group

Christiana Care Health System

Christiana Care Health System

Christiana Care Health System

Christiana Care Health System

Providence College

University of Delaware

University of Delaware