Scholarships & Awards

Scholarships

MDEF sponsors several scholarships. See the MDEF page for more details.
 

Awards

MAND offers multiple opportunities for outstanding members to be recognized. Click here for the 2025 Massachusetts Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Awards overview and application requirements.

The application deadline for the following awards is February 15th, 2025:

• Outstanding Dietetics Student

An award can be given for each type of program:

1. Coordinated Program in Dietetics (CPD)
2. Dietetic Internship (DI)
3. Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD)
4. Future Education Model Graduate Programs (FEM)
5. Dietetic Technician Program (DT)
6. International/Foreign Dietetics Education Programs (IDE/FDE)

• Emerging Dietetic Leader

• Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year

• Outstanding Dietitian of the Year (Annie Galbraith Award)

• Recognized Diet Technician of the Year

• Outstanding Dietetics Educator Award

• Outstanding Dietetic Preceptor Award

To apply: send a CV/resume and two letters of support to the Awards Chair: Jillian Allen at jilliantallen@gmail.com. Please click on the 2025 Massachusetts Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Awards overview and application requirements link above for further information.

2024 Award Winners

Outstanding Dietitian of the Year (Annie Galbraith Award)

Jane Warden Folkman, MS, RD, LDN

Award being given posthumously.

Young Dietitian of the Year

Jamie Ekstrom, RD, LDN, CLC

Emerging Dietetic Leader

Sue-Ellen Anderson-Haynes, MS, RD, CDCES, LDN, NASM-CPT

Outstanding Preceptor

Kimberly Sabada, MD, RD, LDN, CDCES

Outstanding Educator

Paula Quatromoni, DSc, RD 

Outstanding Dietetics Student in a DI

Elizabeth Zalis

Outstanding Dietetic Student in a DPD

Regina Barrera Flores