2009-10 Faculty Senate Members > Cooperative Extension
Madeleine Sigman-Grant
Term Expires: May 2011
Phone: 702-257-5534
Website: website
Email: sigman-grantm@unce.unr.edu
Representing: Cooperative_Extension
Brief Bio: Dr. Sigman-Grant is a Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Specialist and Professor with the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension. Her primary areas of interest include nutrition guidelines for feeding children, as well as childhood obesity prevention and community lactation programs. In addition, Dr. Sigman-Grant works with health professionals to understand and apply techniques to help facilitate behavior change in their target audiences. Dr. Sigman-Grant also works directly with families and child care providers to help them facilitate behavior changes in their food and physical activity choices. In addition to her appointment in the Southern Area Cooperative Extension, she is a member of the Nutrition Department Graduate Faculty and has many interactions with the University School of Medicine (Pediatric, OB/GYN and Family Practice residencies and the medical ethicist) and the Orvis School of Nursing.
Dr. Sigman-Grant received a BS in Nutritional Sciences (specialty- dietetics) from University of California at Los Angeles (1966); completed a dietetic internship at the Veteran's Administration, West Los Angeles (1967); received a Master of Science in Nutrition from Loma Linda University (1982); and a Ph.D. in Nutrition from the University of California at Davis (1988). She has been a public health nutritionist as well as a clinical, administrative and community dietitian for over 30 years.
She is a member of the American Society of Nutrition, the American Dietetic Association, the Society for Nutrition Education, and the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation. She is current President of the Breastfeeding Task Force of Nevada.
Dr. Sigman-Grant is a frequent speaker at meetings and conferences for health professionals, academicians and scientists as well as for consumers. Her publications have appeared in such diverse journals as Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Pediatrics, and the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. As an extension area specialist, she has published numerous consumer materials as well. She has served as a committee member of the Institute of Medicine as well as the American Academy of Pediatrics and as an ad hoc reviewer for USDA.