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Biography

Dr. Yeon Bai is a Professor of Nutrition in the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies at ÌÇÐÄvlog. Dr. Bai is a Registered Dietitian (RD) and earned PhD in Health Behavior. To examine nutrition and health behaviors, Dr. Bai employs deductive approach to identify factors associated with various dietary behaviors and execute intervention to address these factors, and eventually bring the behavior change at individual levels. For the Department, Dr. Bai is serving as the department chair since 2022. She also served as the director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics 2015-2022 and has led the program to become a demonstration program for the future education model in Dietetics. Dr. Bai’s scholarly work has been disseminated through various venues including articles in peer-reviewed journals, poster/oral presentations in regional and international conferences.

Education

• BS, Seoul National University
• MS, Eastern Michigan University
• PhD, Indiana University

Research

Human Milk 
Lactation 
Infant feeding behaviors 
Program evaluations 
Nutrition and Food Science

Older adult nutrition

Community Programs