Scholarships & Awards
Scholarships
MDEF sponsors several scholarships. See the MDEF page for more details.
Awards
MAND offers multiple opportunities for outstanding members to be recognized. Click here for the 2025 Massachusetts Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Awards overview and application requirements.
The application deadline for the following awards is February 15th, 2025:
An award can be given for each type of program:
- Coordinated Program in Dietetics (CPD)
- Dietetic Internship (DI)
- Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD)
- Future Education Model Graduate Programs (FEM)
- Dietetic Technician Program (DT)
- International/Foreign Dietetics Education Programs (IDE/FDE)
- Recognized Diet Technician of the Year
- Outstanding Dietetics Educator Award
To apply: send a CV/resume and two letters of support to the Awards Chair: Jillian Allen at jilliantallen@gmail.com. Please click on the 2025 Massachusetts Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Awards overview and application requirements link above for further information.
2024 Award Winners
Outstanding Dietitian of the Year (Annie Galbraith Award)
Jane Warden Folkman, MS, RD, LDN
Award being given posthumously.
Young Dietitian of the Year
Jamie Ekstrom, RD, LDN, CLC
Emerging Dietetic Leader
Sue-Ellen Anderson-Haynes, MS, RD, CDCES, LDN, NASM-CPT
Outstanding Preceptor
Kimberly Sabada, MD, RD, LDN, CDCES
Outstanding Educator
Paula Quatromoni, DSc, RD
Outstanding Dietetics Student in a DI
Elizabeth Zalis
Outstanding Dietetic Student in a DPD
Regina Barrera Flores