Lorraine Mongiello
New York Institute of Technology, USA
Biography
Lorraine Mongiello is a registered Dietitian/Nutritionist and a certified Diabetes Educator. She has specialization in “Public health, nutrition and the prevention and treatment of diabetes”. She was Director of Campaign Against Diabetes at City University of New York (CUNY) and was Director of Diabetes Care Center at St. Charles Hospital, where she implemented a diabetes education program serving more than 500 people annually. Currently, she is a Professor in Clinical Nutrition and Interdisciplinary Health Sciences departments at New Your Institute of Technology (NYIT) in Old Westbury, New York. She has completed her Doctor of Public Health degree at CUNY Graduate Center, Master’s degree in Nutrition and Public Health at Teacher’s college, Columbia University and Bachelor’s Degree in Food and Nutrition Science at Lehman College in New York City. Her current research focuses on “The social determinates of health and how the environment impacts health behaviors among young adults”.
Abstract
Abstract : Diabetes risk perception among multi-racial college students