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Luke O. Smith BS

Graduate Research Assistant, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Behavioral Health and Nutrition, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Luke O. Smith is a Nutritional Sciences PhD Candidate at the University of Delaware.  He graduated with his bachelor's degree in Dietetics from the University of Delaware in 2018 where he was awarded with the Mary Clayton Bentley Award for excellence in scholarship, leadership, and services to the University or the community.  He entered the Masters program for Human Nutrition at the University of Delaware in the fall of 2018, and bypassed into the PhD program for Nutritional Sciences in fall of 2019. There, he works under Dr. Carrie P. Earthman as manager of the Body Composition and Metabolism Lab.  His dissertation focuses on the assessment and implications of clinical malnutrition in adults.  He is trained in body composition and metabolic assessments including bioimpedance analysis methods, ultrasound, indirect calorimetry, anthropometric landmarking, and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry.  He is an author of one published article titled "Prevalence and Characteristics of Starvation-Related Malnutrition in A Mid-Atlantic Healthcare System: A Cohort Study", which was published in JPEN in March of 2021.


Appearances

  • Thumbnail for Applying Latest Findings from Notable Malnutrition Publications to Practice
    Date
    September 22, 2022
    This webinar will serve as a platform for selected researchers to expound on their notable, cutting-edge publications from 2021-2022 relating to the characteristics and factors of malnutrition with regard to diagnosing and outcomes of malnutrition within the adult and pediatric populations…

    Moderator

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    Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Lucy Lengfelder
    Lucy Lengfelder, MPH, RD, LD
    Clinical Dietitian, Memorial Herman Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX
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    Graduate Research Assistant, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Behavioral Health and Nutrition, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
    Speaker Image for Julia Carvalho Ventura
    Graduate Program in Nutrition, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis (SC), Brazil
    Speaker Image for Maria Isabel Toulson Davisson Correia
    Professor of Surgery, Food Science Post Graduation Program; Surgery Department, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Gerais
    $39
    Standard Price
  • Thumbnail for Clinical Applications of Body Composition and Functional Status Tools for Nutritional Assessment of Hospitalized Adults: A Systematic Review
    Credits
    1 Dietitian | 1 Nurse | 1 Pharmacist | 1 Physician | 1 Other | Expired January 31, 2024
    ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS: Read the full ARTICLE [https://aspenjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jpen.2444]and take the exam by clicking the "CE INFORMATION" tab…

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Kirsten Berk
    Postdoc/Senio Researcher; Dietitian Diabetes Team, Department of Internal Medicine Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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    Graduate Research Assistant, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Behavioral Health and Nutrition, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
    Speaker Image for Carrie Earthman
    Carrie Earthman, PhD, RDN
    Professor, Nutrition, Department of Behavioral Health and Nutrition, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
    Speaker Image for Gerdien Ligthart-Melis
    Owner, GCLM-Nutriscience; Research Assistant Professor, Center for Translational Research in Aging & Longevity (CTRAL), Dept. of Health and Kinesiology, College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
    Speaker Image for Joanne Olieman
    Program Manager Internal Medicine, Pediatric Dietitian, Department of Internal Medicine Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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