Leah Jordan

PUBLIC HEALTH/DIETETIC STUDENT

Ann Arbor, Michigan | 410-782-1372 | joleah@umich.edu

Education

Master of Public Health, Registered Dietetic Nutritionist

University of Michigan September 2022- May 2024

 Certification: Maternal and Child Nutrition
 Concentration: Global Health
 Honors: Nominated as a member in Honor Society
 GPA: 3.57/4.0
Bachelor of Art, Global Studies International Affairs September 2017- May 2020

University of Maryland Baltimore County

 Minor: Political Studies
 Certification: French
 Honors: Golden Keys Honor Society and Deans Honor Society 2019
 GPA: 3.46/4.0

Work Experience

Graduate Student Research Intern September 2023- Current

University of Michigan School of Public Health
 Produced quality surveys for Dietetic Nutrition Students to understand how the students feel
about their motivational interviewing skills before and after taking the new course on Nutrition
Counseling.
 Establish graphs and charts to analyze data from research survey given to first year graduate.
students studying Dietetic Nutrition.
 Developed an abstract based off the data presented in the survey.
 Attendance at meetings to present abstracts and graphs to the research team.

Food Service Intern June 2023- July 2023

Ohio Diabetes Association: Camp Hamwi
 Served and cooked over 150+ meals to campers and staff with different types of diabetes.
 Followed ServSafe Food Certification guidelines to prevent cross-contamination of foods, and
prevent food borne illness.
 Adapted food plan to accommodate various dietary restrictions like gluten allergy, vegetarians,
vegans, and peanut allergies.
 Developed recipes with calorie count to give students additional snack options at home.

Soft goods Sales Associate September 2022- Current

Recreational Equipment, Inc.
 Produces quality work by setting effective goals and establishing priorities.
 Assist customers with questions about products, memberships.
 Maintain visual standards with store management, merchandising, and sales leads.
 Engages and influences others to accomplish worthwhile organizational goals.
Performance Nutrition Intern September 2022- December 2022
University of Michigan
 Preformed body assessments through DEXA scans.
 Successfully received the ServSafe Food Handler Certification to ensure a clean and effective
workspace in the kitchen.
 Created tasty smoothies to help student-athletes to recover from their workouts.
 Created educational slides, menus, flyers, and infographics about sports nutrition.

Social Medial Manager & Assistant Manager Jan 2020- August 2022
University of Michigan
 Edited and designed food guides for clients based on their health goals and activity levels.
 Designed informative social media post to help present a guide towards a more balanced diet.
 Created social media presence on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok through workout
videos, live videos, informative post, achievements of customers, and promotions.
 Created new food plans based on patient’s goals.

Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

Active Member September 2023- Present

Public Health Action Support Team
As a member of PHAST, I take part in practical experiential learning opportunities that ground and
enhance classroom learning while addressing emerging public health challenges. PHAST members
actively engage in community service, workshop, speaker, and training opportunities. I started
volunteering at a local food bank in Ypsilanti by helping to create food bags for community members to
pick up for their families. In addition, I am volunteering with Corner Health to create an annual fundraiser
with Michigan’s School of Public Health to help raise funds for the organization.

Social Media Chair March 2023- Present

Public Health Student of African Descent

Create a media presence for the PHSAD all Social Media Accounts (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, SPH
website) to inform everyone about the school club. The job of the social media chair is to inform students,
alumni, faculty, and future students about club wide events and activities. Help to create events to engage
students of color in the Public Health department in distressful, social, career engaging, and community
events.

Projects & Presentations

Poster Presentations:
I have presented posters for my summer internship at Camp Hamwi to present my work at the camp as
well as my apex products. Some of my apex products included alternative food plans for the camp based
on the survey data that was created and given to the campers, as well as; recipe cards that campers can
used at home.
Abstract:
I am developing an abstract for my work study position at the University of Michigan Public Health
Department to present our findings from the structured questions that engage students’ perceptions of the
helpfulness of the scaffolded learning approach and how their confidence in counseling progressed
throughout the semester regarding the new motivational interviewing course for Dietetic Master Students.
Pilot Study:
I am working with a medical student to create a nonprofit organization responsible for providing
prescribed food boxes specially tailored to patients with chronic illnesses like obesity. These boxes would
be prescribed to patients by a physician and given to the patient via our organization. I am helping to
create diet plans for these boxes and alternative ingredients to use for the patients to make these foods. I
also helped create videos showing how to make these meals.