Merav Efrat
Myriam Forster
Elizabeth Sussman-Dabach
Pipeline for Diverse Nutrition Students to Become Certified Lactation Counselors
Project Type:
Project
Project Sponsors:
- US Department of Agriculture - USDA
Project Award:
- $1,500,000
Project Timeline:
2021-09-01 – 2024-08-31
Lead Principal Investigator:
Project Team:
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Senior/Key Personnel w-effort |
The objective of the proposed project is to increase the number of underrepresented human and nutrition science undergraduate students pursuing a career as lactation professionals in rural areas of Ventura County. This collaborative large-scale project?s goal is designed to increase the number of diverse students entering the food and agriculture related sciences. In this project, California State University, Northridge (CSUN), which is a 4-year institution will develop comprehensive and sustained linkages with Ventura Community College and Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in order to build a transfer pipeline for underrepresented, rural, human and nutrition science students to enter the lactation profession. The collaborators plan to do so by developing and implementing a systematic transfer pipeline, which incorporates a comprehensive set of student support services, including, academic advisement, career advisement, tutoring, professional mentorship, leadership skills and experiential learning in the field of human lactation.