Melanie Rozwadowski, RD joined the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition in 1998 as an assistant professor in the Division of Nutrition and Dietetics. Previously, she earned a B.Sc. in Microbiology; served six years as a laboratory technician in molecular biology labs in Saskatoon, Ottawa, Guelph, and Hamilton; received a B.Ed. (Sec.A.D.) from the University of Saskatchewan; gained experience teaching both high school sciences and community college (Hamilton) chemistry; and earned a M.Sc. in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Guelph. Melanie completed a Community Nutrition Residency with Dr. Berenbaum here in the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, achieving her designation as a registered dietitian with the Saskatchewan Dietitians Association. She is also a member of Dietitians of Canada.
Teaching and Service
Each academic year, Melanie teaches three sections of Basic Nutrition (NUTR 120), which involves over 1200 students. She also teaches Nutrition Through the Life Cycle (NUTR 322); contributes to teaching and assessment in two Professional Practice courses (NUTR 330 and NUTR 430); teaches a module on Nutrigenomics, Epigenetics, Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) and Microbiome for Current Issues in Nutrition (NUTR 420); and provides guest lectures on ‘Pathogenesis of Coronary Heart Disease’ for Clinical Nutrition (NUTR 441).
Melanie was actively involved with the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning on campus for seven years (2009 – 2016), co-teaching the fellowship course ‘Mentored Teaching’ (GPS 982) to PhD Candidates, and served as a mentor to graduate students in the ‘Advanced Graduate Professional Skills’ (GPS 974) program (2017-2018).
Melanie frequently provides off-campus nutrition presentations to community or business groups, and regularly provides interviews for television and radio.
Research
As an assistant professor hired for primarily a teaching mandate, Melanie has striven to remain current in the nutrition science research literature, with a particular interest in fields related to chronic disease prevention, specifically the areas of Nutrigenomics, Epigenetics, Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD, the Microbiome, as well as research areas relating to early lifecycle (maternal, infant and child) health and nutrition, such as breastfeeding, maternal nutritional influences on the fetus and infant, and food marketing to children. Melanie also teaches Introduction to Nutritional Counselling (Theory and Role-play) and Motivational Interviewing as part of NUTR 330 and NUTR 430 Professional Practice courses. Over the past two decades, she has regularly attended conferences and workshops in all the above areas.
Melanie also is involved with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), for which she presented both a poster and a presentation at the STLHE (Society for Teaching and Learning In Higher Education) conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia (2016). Melanie is a member of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE).