Michelle Averill

Michelle Averill

Associate Teaching Professor

Email: carrots@uw.edu

Phone: 206-221-6554

Office: 324-A, Raitt Hall

Expertise: Safe Food | Sustainable Communities | Environmental Health | Nutrition

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About

Dr. Michelle Averill is Associate Teaching Professor in environmental and occupational health sciences at the University of Washington. She is also the Associate Director for the Graduate Coordinated Program in Dietetics and a member of several professional organizations, including the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Dr. Averill received her PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Washington and now lectures and researches in the field of nutrition, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Affiliations

Nutritional Sciences

Education

PhD, University of Washington
BS, University of Washington

PhD

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Averill received her PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Washington and she now both lectures and researches in the field of nutrition, obesity, and diabetes. Dr. Averill is the clinical coordinator for the Graduate Coordinated Program in Dietetics at the University of Washington and she is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Research Interests

Etiology of obesity-associated disorders. Atherosclerosis and insulin resistance. Macrophage biology and inflammation. Atherosclerosis progression. Cardiovascular disease. Lipid and glucose metabolism. Diet-environment interaction and health outcomes. Socioeconomic status and diet-related health outcomes and obesity. The effect of diet composition on lipids.

Mentorship

Primarily mentors Nutritional Sciences Program students with some exceptions. Contact an adviser for more information

Research

Interests: Nutrition-related health outcomes, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Nutrition support in critical illness. Diet-environment interaction and health outcomes. Weight stigma in clinical care. Interprofessional education.

Projects:

Diet and HDL composition. The effect of a high-fat versus a high-carbohydrate meal on the proteome and lipidome in the postprandial state.

Urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio and cardiovascular disease. Study looking at the relationship between sodium and potassium with CVD endpoints, using urinary measures as biomarkers of dietary intake in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) cohort.

Weight stigma in clinical settings: interprofessional perceptions of weight-based treatments.

Publications

Recent publications

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Projects

Diet and HDL Composition: the effect of a high fat versus a high carbohydrate meal on the proteome and lipidome in the postprandial state. Urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio and CVD: Study looking at the relationship between sodium and potassium with CVD endpoints, using urinary measures as biomarkers of dietary intake in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) cohort. Whole Food Tube Feeding Study: pilot randomized controlled trial comparing standard versus whole foods based enteral nutrition formulas in patients undergoing surgery for head and neck cancer. Achievement gap study: determining the extent of an achievement gap in an undergraduate public health science course.

In the news

RDN training with a public health lens

March 11, 2020 | UW Nutritional Sciences Program | Featured: Michelle Averill | View

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Education

PhD (University of Washington)

Teaching Interests

Nutr 562 Acute Care Nutrition
Nutr 559 Orientation to Clinical Practice
Nutr 511 Survey of Advanced Nutrition
Nutr 310 Nutrition Across the Life Course

Contact information

carrots@uw.edu

Tel

206-221-6554

Office

Raitt 324A

PO Box

353410

More Information

UW launches new training program for children's oral health. UW School of Dentistry, February 2018.

Faculty profile. UW Center for Health Sciences, Interprofessional Education Research and Practice. November 2017.