Kerri Lynn Knippen PhD, RDN

Rank: Associate Professor

Food and Nutrition Graduate Program Coordinator

Contact Info

122 Health & Human Services

kknippe@bgsu.edu

419-372-8316

Education

BS, Dietetics, Bowling Green State University

MPH, Nutrition, The Northwest Ohio Consortium for Public Health (offered through The University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University)

PhD, Health Education, The University of Toledo

Bio

Dr. Kerri Knippen is an Associate Professor of Food and Nutrition and Graduate Program Coordinator at Bowling Green State University. She applies her clinical and research expertise to advance nutrition care in diabetes and maternal health. She has led multisite studies on gestational diabetes and postpartum care planning, developed a virtual nutrition clinic and diabetes prevention program, and teaches medical nutrition therapy, community nutrition, and special topics courses focused on diabetes and nutrition communication. A Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and Board Certified in Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM), she has completed the Academy’s Leadership Institute and received honors including the Abbott Nutrition Award in Women’s Health and Ohio Recognized Dietitian of the Year.

Courses Taught

Medical Nutrition Therapy, Community and Public Health Nutrition, Topics in Food and Nutrition

Research Interests

Dr. Knippen’s research interests include diabetes, pregnancy, breastfeeding, translation of evidence-based guidelines to practice, implementation science.