Denise L. Pickett-Bernard PhD, RDN, LDN, IFMCP, IFNCP

Education

  • Certified Practitioner, Institute for Functional Medicine
  • Certified Practitioner, Integrative and Functional Nutrition Academy
  • Ph.D., Leadership and Education, Barry University, Miami Shores, Florida
  • DLTA- Doctoral Leadership Team and Association- Co-chair
    The University of Rhode Island, Kingston Rhode Island
  • Graduate Certificate in Dietetics, M.S. Food Science and Human Nutrition
  • B.S. Food Service Management, summa cum laude, Johnson & Wales University, Providence, Rhode Island
  • A.O.S. Culinary Arts, The Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, New York

Courses Taught

  • HS 712 Research Methods: a Quantitative Research Approach
  • FN 610 Nutrition and Aging
  • FN 630 Functional Nutrition
  • FN 650 Culinary Medicine and World Food Culture
  • FN 655 Culinary Medicine and Health Promotion

Publications

  • Pickett, D. “Fat content of food important to dieters and health minded.” Fall River, MA. The Herald News. 1991.
  • Pickett, D. . “Most fish have low fat, high protein.” Fall River, MA. The Herald News. 1991.
  • Pickett, D. “Protein requirements seen overestimated.” Fall River, MA. The Herald News. 1991.
  • Pickett, D. “Water intake critical in hot weather.” Fall River, MA. The Herald News. 1991.
  • Pickett, D. “What’s the truth about fiber.” Fall River, MA. The Herald News. 1991.
  • Pickett-Bernard, D. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami. Witnessing video production series as part of the Women’s Health Initiative (sub-initiative). National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer. Five, .5 hour segments. 1995.
  • Pickett-Bernard, D. TLN- Teaching Learning Network, Kid’s Café. Appeared in 2, .5 hour episodes as myself, a Nutrition Instructor from J&W. 1995.
  • Patricia Grace-Farfaglia, Denise Pickett-Bernard, Andrea White Gorman, Jaleh Dehpahlavan, Blurred Lines: Emerging practice for registered dietitian-nutritionists in integrative and functional nutrition. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice 28 212-219. 2017.
  • Pickett-Bernard, Denise, Translating Research into Recipes: Daily Detox at Dinner, Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Nutrition newsletter, Summer 2017 (in progress).

Presentations

  • Pickett-Bernard, D. General Nutrition for Active Families, General Youth Sports Nutrition, and Youth Sports Nutrition for Performance Enhancement. Roswell Parks and Recreation Competitive Gymnastics Teams. Roswell, Georgia. 2013.
  • Pickett-Bernard, D. Advanced Culinary Nutritional Medicine. Integrative and Functional Nutrition Academy. 2016.
  • Pickett-Bernard, D. Advanced Culinary Nutritional Medicine, Translating Research into Recipes: Daily Detox at Dinner. Florida Academy of Nutrition, Orlando, Florida. 2017.
  • Pickett-Bernard, D. Advanced Culinary Nutritional Medicine, Translating Research into Recipes: Daily Detox at Dinner. Florida Academy of Nutrition, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. 2017
  • Pickett-Bernard, D. Advanced Culinary Nutritional Medicine, Translating Research into Recipes: Daily Detox at Dinner. Florida Academy of Nutrition, Jacksonville, Florida. 2017
  • Pickett-Bernard, D. The Bioenergetics of Food. Energy Magazine. February 2018.
  • Pickett-Bernard, D. Increase Energy with Daily Detox. Energy Magazine. April 2018.
  • Pickett-Bernard, D. Food Synergy. Energy Magazine. June 2018.
  • Pickett-Bernard, D. Advanced Culinary Nutritional Medicine. University of Miami Osher Center, Integrative Medicine Conference, Miami, FL.
  • Pickett-Bernard, D. Food Synergy and the Role of Nutrient Unique Foods in Optimizing Health. Virtual Conference, Maryland Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Annual Meeting. May 2020.