In addition to her academic duties, Dr. Brann serves as the Nutrition Education Coordinator and Member of the Board of Directors for Lion’s Camp Hickory day camp for children with type 1 diabetes. She coordinates and supervises nutrition students for the nutrition education component of the camp and is involved with the menu planning and evaluation. Education PhD, Human Ecology (Nutrition), The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (2003) Master of Science, Nutrition Science, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (1999) Bachelor of Science, Human Nutrition, University of Maine (1997)
Articles
Child-feeding practices and child overweight perceptions of family day care providers caring for preschool-age children, Journal of Pediatric Health Care (2010)
Parents' and boys' perceptions of boys' body size for average and high BMI boys., Maternal and Child Nutrition Journal (2010)
The Development of an Interdisciplinary Model to Examine Environmental Factors on Child Health and Development (with Ambika Krishnakumar), The Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (2010)
Few interdisciplinary studies have incorporated nutrition, family processes, health related behaviors, and child development within...