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Sarah F. Stallings, PhD, RD, LDN
Professor, Associate Dean College of Arts and Sciences

Dr. Sarah Stallings is a Professor in the Department of Human Nutrition at Winthrop University and serves as Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences.  She received her B.S. degree in Dietetics from Winthrop College and her M.S. in Nutrition form Winthrop in a cooperative program with Clemson University.  Her PhD degree in Nutrition was completed at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; her minors were in Food Science and Education.  She is a registered and licensed dietitian.

Dr. Stallings has been teaching and conducting nutrition research at Winthrop University for approximately 30 years.  She has also served as a consultant for the Rock Hill Dialysis Center for 8 years and for Interim Healthcare, Inc. for 3 years.  Her research interests include nutrition status, food intake and lifestyle patterns and body composition of normal weight, middle-aged females, restrained eating and  lipid profiles of middle-aged women.  She has also been involved in research on nutrition status and food intake patterns of participants of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Program in South Carolina.  Currently, her research includes the relationship between plasma homocysteine concentrations and intake of folate and vitamins B6 and B12.

Dr. Stallings has been the President of the South Carolina Dietetic Association, the Catawba Dietetic Association, the Southeastern Regional Hospital Association for Dietitians, and South Carolina Partners of the Americas Chapter.  She has also served as Chair of the American Chemical Society, Carolina-Piedmont Chapter.  She has co-authored 20 refereed journal articles, two South Carolina Experiment Station Bulletins, four edited proceedings of research symposia, two publications in lay magazines, over 60 published abstracts of refereed research papers presented at international, national, regional and state meetings, and 10 curriculum guides.  She has received numerous honors and awards including the South Carolina Outstanding Dietitian of the Year, Distinguished Service Awards form SC Dietetic and Catawba Dietetic Associations, Elizabeth Burris Scholarship Award, Winthrop University Distinguished Service Citations, and the Governor's Award for Excellence in Science Awareness in South Carolina.