Leadership Education in Pediatric Nutrition’s Pediatric Nutrition Intensive Course (PNIC) 2026
Pediatric Nutrition Intensive Course (PNIC) 2026 Registration
Friday, April 24 is the last day to register for this event.
Via Zoom
Friday, May 1, 2026
09:00 am – 4:00 pm Central
Friday, May 8, 2026
9:00 am – 4:00 pm Central
Friday, May 15, 2026
9:00 am – 4:00 pm Central
Cost: Any single day - $30
All three days - $75
Free registration for the following –
- MCH funded trainees and faculty from (LEND, LEAH, PPC, Nutrition, CoE and MCH PH Catalyst programs)
- Children's of Alabama & UAB Pediatrics employees;
- Members of the Association of Public Health Nutritionists (ASPHN);
- Alabama dietetics students enrolled in an ACEND-accredited program.
Participants eligible for free registration must register using their institutional email address.
Sessions will be recorded. Recordings will be available approximately 2 weeks after each session and will remain open for 6 weeks.
Five Continuing Education Credits per day have been requested from the Commission on Dietetics Registration.
Please direct all questions to Dr. Aida Miles, program director, at aidamiles@uabmc.edu.
Agenda:
Friday, May 1, 2026 (9am-4pm Central)
- Nutrition for the NICU graduate- Nichole Cortez, DCN, RD, CSP, LD, CNSC
- Empowering Health: Utilizing Culinary Medicine in Pediatric Patient Care- Sharon Weston MS RD LDN CSP CSDH FAND
- Pediatric Critical Care Nutrition - Jennifer Daughtry, MPH, RD, LD, CSPCC
- Nutrition Management of Pediatric Intestinal Failure - Olivia Plageman, MS, RD, LD & Anita Nucci, PhD, RD, LD, FASPEN
- Pharmacotherapy in the Management of Children and Adolescents with Obesity - Suzanne E. Cuda, MD, MFOMA, FAAP, DABOM
Friday, May 8, 2026 (9am-4pm Central)
- Integrating Mental Health, Behavior, and Emotions into Pediatric Nutrition to Improve Outcomes Across Diverse Community Contexts - Tatyana El-Kour, PhD, MA, MS, RDN, FAND
- Navigating Ultra-Processed Foods in Pediatric Dietetics: Research, Policy, and Public Health Strategies- Megan Lott, MPH, RD
- Implementation of the SNAP Food Restriction Waivers - Betsy Anderson Steeves, PhD, RDN
- WIC Access and Engagement Following a Hurricane: Perspectives from Program Participants - Miguel Ángel Lopez, PhD, MPH, RDN
- Improving Access to Healthy Food through Food is Medicine - Eliza Short, PhD, RDN
Friday, May 15, 2026 (9am-4pm Central)
- Weight Management Strategies for Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities - Linda G. Bandini, Ph.D, RD
- Youth, disability, and food insecurity in the U.S. - Seema Agrawal EdD. MS. DipSAD. LDN. RDN
- Nutrition Management in Youth and Adolescents with Down Syndrome - Lauren T. Ptomey, PhD, RD, LD and Shannon Frizzell, MS, RD, LDN
- Eating Behavior in Autism: Patterns and Contributory Factors- Gregory Wallace, PhD
- The Role of Nutrition in Managing ADHD - Jennifer House MSc RD