Jillian Trabulsi, PhD, RD, FAND

Current Position: Professor and Chair, Department of Health Behavior and Nutrition Sciences, University of Delaware

Jillian Trabulsi, PhD, RDN, FAND, is Professor and Chair of Department of Health Behavior and Nutrition Sciences at the University of Delaware. Her research program investigates the impact of diet on energy balance, healthy growth and nutrition status, gastrointestinal microbiota, and gene expression; and elucidates the interrelationships among these factors in healthy individuals, clinical populations, and those with chronic disease. Her research is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, industry, as well as private foundations and her work is published in peer-reviewed journals. She started her career as a Registered Dietitian, working for 7 years at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She then went on to earn her PhD in Nutritional Sciences at The University of Wisconsin – Madison where she was trained in diet assessment methodologies and stable isotope techniques for the measurement of energy expenditure. She completed a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in Pediatric Nutrition and Growth at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and completed the LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Training Program.