|
Melinda S. Sothern, Ph.D., M.Ed., C.E.P., is a
licensed clinical exercise physiologist, and a research faculty member and director of
the Pediatric Obesity Clinical Research Section at the Louisiana State
University (LSU) Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. She directs the
Prevention of Childhood Obesity Laboratory at the Pennington Biomedical
Research Center in Baton Rouge. Published extensively in the field of
pediatric obesity, she is a member of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control�s
Expert Panel on Childhood Obesity.
Dr. Sothern's Tour Schedule
T. Kristian von Almen, Ph.D., is a research psychologist and assistant
clinical professor in pediatrics at LSU Health Sciences Center. His behavioral
techniques for overweight children have been internationally presented and
published.
Heidi Schumacher, R.D., L.D.N., C.D.E., is the Chief Clinical Dietician
at Children�s Hospital in New Orleans. She is a Certified Diabetes Educator
and Nutrition Director with the LSU Health Sciences Center Pediatric Weight
Management Program. | 
