Wendy L. Stuhldreher, PhD, RD, LDN

Dr. Stuhldreher is currently a professor in the Department of Health and Safety in the Community Health Program and Assistant to the Dean of the College of Health, Environment and Science.  She is a registered dietitian with several years of clinical experience as a consultant dietitian in long term care.  She completed her masters in nutrition at Kent State University where she taught part time for a few years.  After relocating in Carlisle, PA, she worked as a consultant dietitian in long-term care facilities while raising her three sons.  She moved to Pittsburgh in the late 1980s and enrolled in the graduate program in nutrition epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh.  She graduated in 1990 with her PhD in nutrition epidemiology from the Graduate School of Public Health.  Duriing the 1990-91 academic year, she completed a post-doc in Diabetes Research at the Diabetes Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh. She was an assistant professor in the dietetics program at West Virginia University for 3 years after which she came to Slippery Rock University.  

Spring 2007 Office hours:  
T-Th 8:30-9:15 and W 8:30-noon room 204 BSB
T-Th from 2:30-4:00 and W 1:00-4:00 Room 325 PT Building (Dean's office)  
Please phone X4862 to schedule appointments in the Dean's office
M and F  by appointment

Education:  
NIH Post doctoral fellowship: Diabetes Research Center, University of Pittsburgh
Ph.D. in Epidemiology (Nutrition), University of Pittsburgh
M.S. Nutrition, Kent State University

Emphasis areas - Cardiovascular disease, diabetes,
gerontology, school nutrition, college student health

Clinical experience - clinical dietitian private practice and long-term care

Courses taught :
HSAF 311 International Health
HSAF 313 Biostatistics
HSAF 314 Nutrition and Health
HSAF 410 Epidemiology
HSAF 424 Nutrition and Exercise
PHTH 652 Nutrition (in the Doctorate of Physical Therapy Department)

Dr. Stuhldreher is active in the  Pennsylvania Public Health Association - PPHA.  She is a member of the American Dietetic Association and the Pennsylvania Dietetic Association.