Featured Employee
Dr. Michelle Lee, Assistant Professor and Dietetic Internship
Director, recently joined the Department of Allied Health Sciences
in Nutrition and Dietetics.
Dr. Lee is a registered and licensed Dietitian who earned her PhD
in Nutrition at Mississippi State University, where she was an
Instructor and Program Director over the Nutrition department.
Dr. Lee also serves as the Graduate Coordinator for Nutrition and
Dietetics. She is currently a participant on the NEPR grant with
the College of Nursing and is implementing a Nutrition Education
series in conjunction with the Basler Center for Physical Activity.
Dr. Lee's areas of research interest include: obesity, health
promotion, dietetics education, geriatrics, and clinical nutrition.
Dr. Lee was born and raised in Tupelo, Mississippi. Her husband is
John Lee. She has sixteen years of clinical nutrition experience in
hospital and long-term care settings. She enjoys reading, sewing,
and cooking.
The College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences would
like to wish a warm welcome to Dr. Lee!