sharon collison

Sharon Collison, MS, RD, LDN, CSSD


Clinical Instructor
 302-831-1165

Office Location:
230 Tower at STAR

Sharon Collison is a Registered Dietitian and Instructor of Clinical Nutrition at the University of Delaware. Sharon completed her B.S. degree in Food Science and her M.S. degree in Human Nutrition with a concentration in exercise physiology at the University of Delaware. Sharon provides medical nutrition therapy (MNT) in the Nutrition Clinic which is open to the public. She also has written several CEU articles for Today’s Dietitian as well as an ebook, entitled, Nutritional Strategies for Reducing Inflammation and Enhancing Immunity in the Athlete. She has been a board-certified sports dietitian since 2008, providing sports nutrition guidance to middle-school, high-school, collegiate, elite and amateur athletes. In her spare time, Sharon enjoys cycling, hiking, tennis, cooking, developing recipes and entering cooking contests. She won the grand prize, $100,000, at the Southern Living Cookoff in 2005 for her chocolate coffee cheesecake with mocha sauce.

Education

  • M.S. University of DE 1993 
  • B.S. University of DE 1989

Courses

  • NTDT310

Affiliations

  • National Alliance on Eating Disorder Awareness and Prevention

 

Collison SB, Sarcopenia. Today’s Dietitian October 2019: https://ce.todaysdietitian.com/node/69542

Collison SB, Health Benefits of Dried Plums. Today’s Dietitian March 2019: https://ce.todaysdietitian.com/node/68988 

Collison SB, Cocoa. Today’s Dietitian June 2017: https://ce.todaysdietitian.com/node/67994

Collison SB, Tart Cherries. Today’s Dietitian September 2016: https://www.ce.todaysdietitian.com/node/66827#group-tabs-node-course-default1\

Collison SB, Nutrition Strategies for Reducing Inflammation and Enhancing Immunity in the Athlete www.MySportsDietitian.com, May 2015

Collison SB, Curcumin and Inflammatory Diseases: Potential Role in Prevention and Treatment. Today’s Dietitian September 2014: https://www.todaysdietitian.com/pdf/courses/CollisonCurcumin.pdf

Collison SB, Kuczmarski MF, Vickery CE: Impact of Nutrition Education on Female Athletes. American Journal of Health Behavior 1996;20(1):14-23.

  • Weight management
  • Eating disorders
  • Healthy aging
  • Sports nutrition