Jennifer Thorpe

Jennifer Thorpe, MBA, RD, LDN, FAND


Instructor
Director, Undergraduate Nutrition Programs
Director, Food and Nutrition Education Lab
 302-831-1367

Office Location: 

036 Carpenter Sports Building

Jennifer is the Director of Undergraduate Nutrition Programs and the Food and Nutrition Education Lab, and Instructor in the Department of Health Behavior and Nutrition Sciences. She earned her BS in Applied Nutrition and MBA in Healthcare Administration from the Pennsylvania State University. She is a Registered Dietitian (RD), licensed in the state of PA (LDN), and is a Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (FAND). Jennifer has over 29 years of work experience as a pediatric dietitian and leader at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.  Her professional interests include competency-based training, interprofessional education, mentoring, and culinary medicine.

 

Courses

  • HBNS200 – Nutrition Concepts
  • HBNS201 – Food Concepts (with lab)
  • HBNS329 - Culinary Medicine

 

  • The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics – member since 1992
    • Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group (PNPG) – member since 1994
    • Clinical Nutrition Managers Practice Group – member since 2016
    • Nutrition and Dietetics Educators and Preceptors Practice Group – member since 2021
  • The Pennsylvania Dietetic Association – member since 1992