The Changing Landscape of Nutrition, Health, and Wellness
Laura Isaacson is a Registered Dietitian and Clinical Dietetics Lead at Vida Health. She was previously the Director Clinical Nutrition and Director of Community Outreach at Upland Hills Health in Dodgeville, Wisconsin and has also worked in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at The Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and with the Neurosciences Department at The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. While at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Laura was selected to participate in the UWHC Division of Nursing and Patient Care Services and University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing 2011 Clinical Leadership Institute as well as in the 2011 American Dietetic Association Leadership Institute. Laura received a Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master’s Degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition from the University of Maine-Orono. She completed a supervised practice in dietetics at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.
Laura has enjoyed volunteering with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the Wisconsin Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in a variety of roles. She is the Past-President of the Wisconsin Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has previously served as the Wisconsin Delegate to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Chair of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Medical Nutrition Practice Group, and President of the Madison District Dietetic Association. She has previously served on the Board of Directors for Fifth Season Cooperative, The Healthy Classrooms Foundation and The Montessori Children’s Community School. Laura received the 2019 Upland Hills Health Leadership Award and the 2019 Rural Health Ambassador Award, was recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in 2014 and was awarded the Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year Award in Wisconsin in 2010. Laura lives in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin with her husband Chet, sons Henry and Will, three dogs and two horses. In her spare time, Laura enjoys cooking, reading, gardening, traveling and hiking.
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