Laura Brubaker, MFN, RDN, LD

Rank:Assistant Clinical Professor

Contact Info

121 Health & Human Services

Lbrubak@bgsu.edu

419-372-8941

Education

Associate degree in Dietetics, Dietetic Technician, Registered- Rhodes State College

BS in Dietetics- Bowling Green State University

MFN- Bowling Green State University

Dietetic Internship: Bowling Green State University

Biography

Brubaker's teaching experience began teaching introductory nutrition courses to associate degree seeking students in nursing, dietetic technician, or Certified Dietary Manager Credential pathways at a local community college. Brubaker then moved into an adjunct teaching position for a variety of BGSU’s Food and Nutrition Department undergraduate and graduate level courses and created the curriculum for the FN 2080 Introduction to Human Nutrition Laboratory course and Teaching College Nutrition for graduate support in the FN 2080 labs. In 2020, Brubaker was hired as full-time qualified rank faculty at BGSU and Assistant to the Dietetic Internship Program Director. Brubaker became the BGSU DI Program Director in 2022 and an ACEND Accredited Program Reviewer in 2024. Brubaker’s main area of interests include implementation of interprofessional education in the college setting, mentorship and teaching dietetic interns preparing to take the National Credentialling Exam for Registered Dietitians, critical nutrition care, and nutrient needs of the aged population.

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Brubaker’s work experience includes a role as a foodservice manager in skilled nursing care. As a DTR, Brubaker began in a role providing restoration of staffing instability and effective management and then went on to provide clinal nutrition support as a consultant DTR for many years in skilled nursing facilities across northwest Ohio. As an RDN, Brubaker shifted to acute care in the hospital setting specializing in critical care for patients experiencing respiratory failure and in need of enteral and parenteral nutrition. Brubaker is a native of Henry County in Northwest Ohio. In 2001, Brubaker and her family relocated to Bowling Green, Ohio. Brubaker has 4 grown children; three of which and a son-in-law are all alumni of BGSU undergraduate and graduate programs. Brubaker's parents are BGSU graduates, as well as Brubaker’s maternal grandmother who received a teaching certificate in 1933 from the then "Bowling Green State College." Brubaker's daughters are 4th generation BGSU female graduates with over a 90-year history of learning or teaching at BGSU.