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Marisa Bolivar

Lecturer, Assistant Director, Dietetic Internship
Food Science and Nutrition
College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences
Marisa Bolivar

Expertise

Oncology nutrition; community farming

Education

Doctor of Clinical Nutrition - Rutgers University (In progress)
Board Certification of Specialization in Oncology Nutrition (2014)
M.S. in Nutrition - California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (2013) 
Geisinger Medical Center Dietetic Internship - Danville, PA (2010)
B.S. in Clinical Nutrition - University of California, Davis (2008)
 

Recent year teaching assignments

Food and Nutrition: Customs and Culture (FSN 2250)
Medical Nutrition Therapy I (FSN 4431)
Senior Project (NUTR 4461)
 

Research

Microbiome modulation to improve immunotherapy response in advanced cancers
Parenteral ascorbate in pancreatic cancer: survival and tolerability outcomes 
Vitamin D metabolism and sufficiency 
Glucagon - like peptide 1 receptor agonist use in adults with active cancer