Valisa Hedrick, PhD, RDN
Assistant Professor
Graduate Program Faculty
Clinical Physiology and Metabolism
Behavioral and Community Science
Development and translation of dietary assessment methodology for the prevention and treatment of obesity and related comorbidities. Specific research areas are focused on the quantification and dietary analysis of sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake, as well as the effects of SSB and artificially-sweetened or non-nutritive sweetener beverages on cardiovascular-related outcomes using subjective and objective dietary assessment methods within clinical-community based settings.
HNFE 4125: Medical Nutrition Therapy I
HNFE 4126: Medical Nutrition Therapy II
HNFE 5125: Advanced Medical Nutrition Therapy I
HNFE 5126: Advanced Medical Nutrition Therapy II
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2004 – present
Virginia Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2004 – present
Phi Upsilon Omicron, National Honor Society in Family and Consumer Sciences, 2004 – present
Registered Dietitian, Commission on Dietetic Registration, 2007 - present
Certified Training Course in Human Research Participant Protections, Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative, 2007
Research Dietetic Practice Group, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2010-present
American Heart Association, 2013 – present
The Obesity Society, 2013 – present
Charter Member, Fralin Translational Obesity Research Center, 2013 – present
2011, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, Behavioral & Community Science
2006, B.S., Virginia Tech, Dietetics
Graduate Certificate:
2009, Preparing the Future Professoriate, Virginia Tech
Registered Dietitian