sharon collison
Sharon Collison, MS, RD, LDN, CSOWM
Clinical Instructor
Office Location:
230 Tower at STAR
Sharon Collison is a licensed Registered Dietitian and Board Certified Specialist in Obesity and Weight Management and is an Instructor of Clinical Nutrition at the University of Delaware. Sharon completed her B.S. degree in Food Science and her M.S. degree in Human Nutrition with a focus in exercise physiology and sports nutrition. Sharon specializes in providing medical therapy for eating disorders/disordered eating, weight management, sports nutrition, healthy aging, and cardiovascular nutrition. Sharon provides medical nutrition therapy (MNT) in the Nutrition Clinic which is open to the public. She also has written several CEU articles for Today’s Dietitian as well as an ebook, entitled, Nutritional Strategies for Reducing Inflammation and Enhancing Immunity in the Athlete. In her spare time, Sharon enjoys hiking, strength training, cooking, developing recipes, and reading. She won the grand prize, $100,000, at the Southern Living Cookoff in 2005 for her chocolate coffee cheesecake with mocha sauce.
Education
- M.S. University of DE 1993
- B.S. University of DE 1989
Courses
- HBNS310
Affiliations
- Alliance for Eating Disorders
Collison SB, Sarcopenia. Today’s Dietitian October 2019: https://ce.todaysdietitian.com/node/69542
Collison SB, Health Benefits of Dried Plums. Today’s Dietitian March 2019: https://ce.todaysdietitian.com/node/68988
Collison SB, Cocoa. Today’s Dietitian June 2017: https://ce.todaysdietitian.com/node/67994
Collison SB, Tart Cherries. Today’s Dietitian September 2016: https://www.ce.todaysdietitian.com/node/66827#group-tabs-node-course-default1\
Collison SB, Nutrition Strategies for Reducing Inflammation and Enhancing Immunity in the Athlete www.MySportsDietitian.com, May 2015
Collison SB, Curcumin and Inflammatory Diseases: Potential Role in Prevention and Treatment. Today’s Dietitian September 2014: https://www.todaysdietitian.com/pdf/courses/CollisonCurcumin.pdf
Collison SB, Kuczmarski MF, Vickery CE: Impact of Nutrition Education on Female Athletes. American Journal of Health Behavior 1996;20(1):14-23.
- Weight management
- Eating disorders
- Healthy aging
- Sports nutrition