Elise Marchand

Samford University Wellness Kitchen, Foodservice, 95 hours

• Created and led 3 Wellness Kitchen class for the Birmingham community

Pelham City Schools, Child Nutrition, 105 hours

• Learned and implemented meal planning strategies for children with special dietary preferences and food allergies
• Developed nutrient-dense recipes and flexible meal templates to meet nutritional objectives

Community and Public Health, 285 hours

• Community Food Bank of Central Alabama: assisted in inspections of warehouse, developed an employee in-service inspection project, developed 5 bilingual recipe handouts for Food Bank recipients
• Cooking Well: created 6 social media post highlighting the importance of nutrition through the lifecycle
• Jefferson Country WIC: participated in patient visits with Registered Dietitians

Grandview Hospital, Clinical, 225 hours

• Provided medical nutrition therapy to 8-10 patients a day in various ICUs and hospital floors
• Calculated and recommended enteral and parenteral nutrition
• Completed detailed nutritional assessments of each patient based on health history, medical conditions, and energy requirements
• Provided nutrition education to patients in various disease states
• Presented a case study presentation on nutrition interventions for acute pancreatitis

UAB OB Complications Center, Outpatient/Practicum, 320 hours

• Provided diabetes education for patients with Type I, Type 2, and Gestational Diabetes
• Provided education for proper weight gain in pregnancy
• Provided nutrition education for patients receiving chemotherapy treatment for gynecological cancers

Alsana Eating Disorder Treatment, Elective, 130 hours

• Implemented individualized counseling techniques to effectively motivate clients with eating disorders
• Monitored patient progress and documented nutritional information in patient charts and records

• Worked under Dr. Catherine Champagne in the Population Science lab
• Assisted Dr. Champagne and other dietitians on writing research grants, completing literary analyses, and seeing participants for different studies including EAT2 and Nutrition for Precision Health
• Assisted by administering dietary recall methods such as ASA-24, mFR (mobile food recorder), and AIM 2 (automatic ingestion monitor) to participants in the Nutrition for Precision Health study
• Worked on a Family Weight Management program where I participated in developing education materials and exercises for employee training

• Sanitized, restocked, and organized exam rooms and medical equipment
• Obtained client medical history, medication information, symptoms, and allergies
• Directed patients to exam rooms, fielded questions, and prepared for physician examinations
• Performed medical records management, including filing, organizing and scanning documents
• Built strong relationships with patients through effective communication skills that foster trust in the clinic''s commitment to quality care

• Seasonal position that included scanning paper charts to a digital format
• Assisting administration with patient charts
• Transporting charts from the psychiatric floor to the administration office and back
• Running errands for the staff, and completing miscellaneous tasks around the office