April 2024 People & Events

Nancy Ellen Russell Casad, MS, RDN, LDN, passed away December 14, 2023. Casad earned her undergraduate degree from Duchesne College, her graduate degree from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and undertook doctoral studies there as well. She was elected the first chair elect of the Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group at the 1978 FNCE and served as chair there during 1979-1980. She served as a clinical dietitian at St. Jude Children ’s Research Hospital and was director of food and nutrition at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis.
Source: Journal of the American Dietetic Association - Category: Nutrition Tags: From the Academy Source Type: research