Registered dietitian vs research dietitian

Differences between registered dietitian and research dietitian duties and responsibilities

Registered dietitian example responsibilities.

• Help patients maintain nutritional adequacy while managing food allergies.
• Manage the anemia status of patients by reviewing necessary lab data and initiating or adjusting medication doses.
• Manage the in-store dietitian program providing nutrition education, culinary workshops, food demonstrations, and nutritional assessments.
• Develop and conduct weight loss programs; provide nutritional counseling for cardiac rehabilitation patients.
• Diet education to nonsurgical patients on eating disorders, diabetes and other nutrition relate conditions.
• Cover all topics ranging from weight management to oncology.
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Research dietitian example responsibilities.

• Manage all IRB submissions, sponsor communications, participate in monitoring visits, drug reconciliation and dispensing.
• Assist with testing and QA of new programs, workflows and software systems.
• Provide dietary counseling to patients enroll in major pharmaceutical trials and in-house studies.
• Provide nutrition assessment and calculate individualized nutrition prescriptions to ensure patients' nutritional needs are met.
• Coordinate a high-risk research site for international study focuse on FDA and CE mark approval of implant insulin delivery technology.
• Provide individualized nutrition consultations for sports nutrition, weight-loss, diabetes, hypertension and hormonal changes.