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Ann Gaba
Internship Director and Assistant Professor
City University of New York School of Public Health and Hunter College
USA
Biography
Dr. Gaba is the Dietetic Internship Director and an Assistant Professor in the Nutrition and Food Science Program at the City University of New York School of Public Health and Hunter College. Prior to her academic appointment at CUNY, Dr. Gaba worked as a Clinical Nutritionist at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (New-York Presbyterian Hospital) for more than 18 years, in the areas of cardiology, transplant, oncology and neurology. She has also been the consultant nutritionist at the Columbia University Medical Center Huntington’s Disease Center of Excellence. Dr. Gaba received her BS degree in Community Nutrition from Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology; an MS in Health Education from Russell Sage College, and Ed.D in Nutrition Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She is credentialed as a Registered Dietitian, New York State Certified Dietitian/Nutritionist, and as a Certified Diabetes Educator.
Research Interest
Nutrition education, experiential teaching and learning, and nutritional factors in the prevention and care of movement disorders.