Katrina Kennedy

Experience of nearly 2 years as a clinical dietitian with specialized training in the transplant setting including MNT for all organ types within the UW Health Transplant Center's scope and participation of research in the transplant population. Education included rigorous training on malnutrition assessment and interventions to address this condition as well as micronutrient assessment and MNT for chronic disease and end stage organ disease.

Have had the opportunity to present at Dept of Medicine Research Day, a first for UW Health clinically nutrition and currently participating in research studies under MD guidance in the transplant setting, 2 published, 2 studies in early phases.

- Presented abstract at Dept of Medicine Research Day in April 2024. Abstract was in the top 4 out of 150 submitted abstracts

- Lorden, Heather RDN; Engelken, Jessa RDN; Sprang, Katrina RDN; Rolfson, Megan RDN; Mandelbrot, Didier MD; Parajuli, Sandesh MD. Pretransplant Malnutrition, Particularly With Muscle Depletion Is Associated With Adverse Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation. Transplantation Direct 10(5):p e1619, May 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001619

-Lorden H, Engelken J, Sprang K, Rolfson M, Mandelbrot D, Parajuli S. Malnutrition in solid organ transplant patients: A review of the literature. Clin Transplant. 2023; 37:e15138. https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.15138