Faculty and Staff- Marisa Bolivar

Expertise

• Oncology nutrition; community farming 

Education

• Doctor of Clinical Nutrition - Rutgers University (In progress)
• Board Certification of Specialization in Oncology Nutrition (2014)
• M.S. in Nutrition - California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (2013) 
• Geisinger Medical Center Dietetic Internship - Danville, PA (2010)
• B.S. in Clinical Nutrition - University of California, Davis (2008)

Recent year teaching assignments 

• Food and Nutrition Customs and Culture - FSN 550, 554
• Medical Nutrition Therapy - FSN 431
• Senior Project - FSN 461
• Food and Nutrition Customs and Culture - FSN 250

Research 

• Microbiome modulation to improve immunotherapy response in advanced cancers
• Parenteral ascorbate in pancreatic cancer: survival and tolerability outcomes (publication pending)
• Vitamin D metabolism and sufficiency