Amy Urbanus was already an assistant professor in the dietetics and nutrition program at the University of Alaska Anchorage but missed working with patients.
So she started working with patients at the Anchorage Senior Activities Center, putting in about 20 hours a month to address seniors’ nutrition needs.
That work, and a professional career as a diabetes educator drove Urbanus to seek a Ph.D., which she is completing at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She designed her own interdisciplinary doctorate, which combines psychosocial, biological and clinical aspects of treating Elders by addressing their nutrition habits…