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Marion Taylor Baer, PhD, RD
Associate Director, USC UCEDD at CHLA
Director, LEND Program, USC UCEDD at CHLA
Associate Professor, Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine |
| E-Mail: mbaer@chla.usc.edu |
| Phone: (323) 361-3823 |
Throughout her career, Dr. Baer has worked to promote interdisciplinary and interagency collaboration in the care for children with special health care needs, particularly with regard to preventive and early intervention services, on all levels, from family-centered clinical services to consumer-centered federal policies.
Current Roles
• Associate Director, USC UCEDD at CHLA
• Director, LEND Program, USC UCEDD at CHLA
• Associate Professor, Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine
• Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health
• Director, MCH Nutrition Leadership Training Program, UCLA School of Public Health
• Legislative and Prevention Committees, AUCD
• Pediatric Practice Groups, California Dietetic Association (CDA) American Dietetic Association (ADA)
• Public Health Practice Groups, CDA, ADA
• Dietetics in Developmental and Psychiatric and Disabilities, ADA
Areas of Interest
• Nutritional status of children with special needs/disabilities
• Access to comprehensive preventive and primary care for children with special needs/disabilities
• Longterm effects of prenatal/interconceptional nutrition
• Early intervention
• Nutrition policies and programs
• MCH Nutrition leadership training
Credentials
• BA, Stanford University; Biological Science
• MS, UCLA School of Public Health, Nutritional Science
• PhD, University of California, Berkeley, Human Nutrition
• Registered Dietitian
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