Professional Credentials

Clinical Dietitian at Seattle Children’s Hospital (ranked the 5th best children’s hospital in the country) specializing in eating disorders, disordered eating, and adolescent health
Nationally Certified Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)
Masters degree (MPH) in nutrition sciences, University of Washington
Certified Dietitian (CD) in Washington State
Completion of a 9-month Adolescent Health & Medicine Fellowship at Seattle Children’s Hospital, focusing on Eating Disorders/Disordered Eating/Wellness
1200 hours of supervised clinical practice at top-tier hospitals, including Harborview Medical Center and Seattle Children’s Hospital

Carrie Cheney Memorial Student Leadership Award Recipient (2017)
Greater Seattle Dietetics Association Student Leadership Scholarship Recipient (2017)

Motivational Interviewing Training, Nurse Practitioner Students, University of Washington (May 11, 2017)
Motivational Interviewing Training, Multidisciplinary Adolescent Healthcare Providers, Seattle Children’s Hospital (May 3, 2017)
Wellness Talk: Fueling Our Bodies for Competition, Mountain West Gymnastics Team (April 10, 2017)
Motivational Interviewing Training, Multidisciplinary Adolescent Healthcare Providers, Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine Conference (March 9, 2017)

Lauren Rice, Christine Benson, Mary Podrabsky, Jennifer J Otten; The development and adoption of the first statewide comprehensive policy on food service guidelines (Washington State Executive Order 13-06) for improving the health and productivity of state employees and institutionalized populations, Translational Behavioral Medicine, , ibx069, https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibx069
Hossain, M, Ickes, S., Rice, L., Ritter, G., Nahar, B., Naila, N., Zia, T., Mahfuz, M., Denno, D., Walson, J., Ahmed, T. Caregiver perceptions regarding linear growth of children in Bangladesh.
Podrabsky, M., Rice, L., Ritter, G., Otten, J. Implementation of Washington State’s Healthy Nutrition Guidelines Under Executive Order 13-06. See report here.