Rush University Medical Center recently appointed Mary B. Gregoire, PhD, RD, as the chairperson of the Department of Clinical Nutrition.

Gregoire is an accomplished scholar, educator and manager with over 30 years of experience. She holds a doctoral degree (PhD), with a major in foodservice/hospitality management. She is a Registered Dietitian who holds distinction as a Fellow of the American Dietetic Association. Gregoire has served as the director of Food and Nutrition Services at Rush since 2006. She is a professor in the departments of Clinical Nutrition and Health Systems Management and was appointed acting chairperson, Department of Clinical Nutrition in 2007. 

“I am confident that Dr. Gregoire will provide the leadership needed to move the Department of Clinical Nutrition at Rush to the next level of excellence. She is committed to having one of the best clinical nutrition academic departments in the U.S., while continuing to develop an outstanding food and nutrition services program at Rush University Medical Center,” said David C. Shelledy, PhD, RRT, dean, College of Health Sciences.

Prior to coming to Rush, Gregoire served as professor and chair for the Department of Apparel, Educational Studies and Hospitality Management at Iowa State University from 2000-2006 and as professor and chair of the Department of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institution Management at Iowa State University from 1998-2000.

Gregoire has a distinguished record of scholarly achievement and received the Kansas State University College of Human Ecology Distinguished Research Award in 2007. She has a long history of external grant funding and has published over 200 research articles and abstracts. She has also published a number of important book chapters and is the author of a major text in her field: Foodservice Organizations: A Managerial and Systems Approach.

In addition to her leadership positions at Rush and Iowa State University, Gregoire serves on the Board of Directors of the National Society for Healthcare Foodservice Management, is a member of the Dietetic Staffing Task Force and the Task Force on Educational Standards of the American Dietetic Association as well as serving on the Board of Editors for the Journal of Foodservice Management and Education.