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Dietitian wins Tennessee Dietetic Association Emerging Dietetic Leader Award

Published: Thursday, May 27, 2010

Dietitian Linda L. Quimby, MS,RD,LDN, was awarded the Tennessee Dietetic Association Emerging Dietetics Leader Award. This award was established by the 1996 American Dietetic Association Board of Directors. The Emerging Dietetics Leader Award recognizes the competence and activities of members, regardless of their age, who are at the beginning of their dietetics careers. Members who receive this honor support the promotion of optimal health and nutritional status of the public through demonstrating leadership in legislation, research, education, management and other areas related to the profession.

Linda joined the University of Tennessee Medical Center Clinical Nutrition Services staff in June 2006. She has a B.A. in Microbiology and a M.S. in Nutritional Science from the University of New Hampshire. Mrs.Quimby also completed her Dietetic Internship at the University of New Hampshire. She is currently the clinical nutrition stroke and cardiac specialist for 7 South and 7 East. Linda was invited to present at the First Annual Stroke Symposium held here in Knoxville in August 2008. She discussed nutrition education for the prevention of stroke. The symposium is sponsored by the UT Medical Center Brain and Spine Institute. Linda will be presenting again this fall with a speech and language pathologist addressing the needs of the dysphagia patient.

 

She is an active member of the Knoxville District Dietetic Association (KDDA) where she has served on the Board of Directors for the past two years and is currently President-elect. She is also active in her national American Dietetic Association (ADA) Dietetic Practice Group (DPG) Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) where she serves on the dysphagia planning committee. Mrs. Quimby has just recently been awarded the 2009 - 2010 Emerging Dietetic Leader Award for the Tennessee Dietetic Association (TDA). Linda has two grown children, Michelle and Jonathan. She and her husband, Bruce live in Maryville where she enjoys early morning walks with Jax, her miniature schnauzer.