HEAL People
Hollie Raynor, Ph.D., R.D.
Hollie Raynor is the Director of the Healthy Eating and Activity Laboratory. She has training in the fields of Nutrition and Clinical Psychology. She received her Master's degree in Public Health Nutrition from the University of Tennessee, her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University at Buffalo, and completed her pre-doctoral internship and her post-doctoral fellowship, both with an emphasis in Obesity Research, at Brown Medical School. Following her fellowship she was promoted to an assistant professor of research in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown Medical School and was based in the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center . She joined the Department of Nutrition at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville as an assistant professor in 2007. She also has an adjunct appointment in the Psychology Department at the University of Tennessee.
Betsy Anderson, M.S., R.D.
Betsy Anderson is a Research Associate for the Healthy Eating and Activity Laboratory and is the Project Coordinator for the Healthy Habits program. She has obtained a Bachelors degree in nutrition and dietetics from the University of Dayton, Ohio and a Master's degree in public health nutrition from the University of Tennessee. Her areas of interest include obesity prevention and treatment and pediatric and adolescent nutrition.
Ashlee Schoch
Ashlee Schoch is a Graduate Research Assistant for the Healthy Eating and Activity Laboratory. She is currently pursuing a Master's degree in public health nutrition at The University of Tennessee, where she received a Bachelors degree in nutrition. She has worked on a variety of nutrition-related research projects, primarily in the area of dietary assessment. Her interests include obesity research and intervention.
Lusi Martin
Lusi Martin is a Graduate Research Assistant for the Health Eating and Activity Laboratory. She completed her Bachelors degree in Food and Nutrition at California State University, Sacramento. She is currently pursuing a dual Master's degree in Public Health Nutrition and Community Health Education. Her research interests are in self regulation and obesity intervention treatment.
Shannon Looney
Shannon Looney is a Graduate Research Assistant for the Healthy Eating and Activity Laboratory. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Dietetics and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Delaware. She is currently pursuing a dual Master’s degree in Nutrition and Public Health. Shannon’s interest is using evidence-based research for the development, implementation and evaluation of nutrition programs focusing on childhood obesity.
Christen Mullane
Christen Mullane is currently a third year graduate student in the Clinical Psychology doctoral program here at the University of Tennessee. She obtained her B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 2005. She has broad research interests in health psychology, which include studying relationships between gender, race, body image, weight, and psychopathology (i.e., eating disorders, depression and anxiety). She is also interested in intervention efficacy and interdisciplinary collaboration, and plans to work with researchers in diverse fields such as anthropology, nutrition, and medicine in future work. She currently is working with Dr. Derek R. Hopko in order to examine the behavioral treatment of depression in cancer patients, in addition to assisting with dietary and weight research at the Healthy Eating and Activity Laboratory.
Jessica Bachman, MS, MPH, RD, LDN
Jessica Bachman is a Graduate Research Assistant for the Healthy Eating and Activity Laboratory. She has obtained a Bachelors degree in Nutritional Sciences from the Pennsylvania State University, a Master's degree in Public Health Nutrition and a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Tennessee. She is also a Registered Dietitian. Her areas of interest include obesity prevention and treatment, diet assessment, diet variety, and nutritional epidemiology. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Nutrition working with Dr.Raynor looking at dietary variety and obesity.
Research Assistants
Mary Margaret Maxwell
Lindsey Joe
Markie Ramsey
Michelle Smith
Adrianna Colletta
Andrew Carberry
Contact
Healthy Eating and Activity Laboratory (HEAL)
Department of Nutrition
University of Tennessee
Jessie Harris Building Room 102
1215 W. Cumberland Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37996-1920
Phone: (865) 974-0752
Fax: (865) 974-3491
Email: heal@utk.edu