Health & Recreation Complex

 Dietician_Pearson

 Brooke Pearson, MPH, RD, LD

Consultant Dietitian

317-650-8877

bpearso1@butler.edu

 

Responsibilities:

  • Provide a wide-range of high quality, tailored nutrition education programs for Butler University.

 

Previous Experience:

  • Chairperson, Nutrition Committee - Westfield Washington Schools.

  • Lecturer/Graduate Student Instructor - University of Michigan, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures.

  • Health Promotion Intern - Pfizer Global Research & Development.

  • Laboratory Assistant - National Institutes of Health & Johns Hopkins University.

  • Health Promotion Intern & Peer Health Educator - University of Virginia.

 

Hometown:

  • Indianapolis, IN

 

Education:

  • B.A. in German Language and Literature - University of Virginia.

  • M.P.H. in Human Nutrition - University of Michigan School of Public Health.

  • Dietetic Internship - University of Michigan School of Public Health. Registered Dietitian (RD).

 

Little known fact:

  • Growing up, my summer vacation was a houseboating trip to Lake Cumberland, KY with my dad, uncles and cousins (no moms allowed!). We slept on air mattresses on top of the boat, counting the shooting stars.

 

Favorite quote(s):

  • Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. ~Thomas A. Edison

 

Favorite quote from a comedy:

  • "Why aren't we flying? Because getting there is half the fun. You know that." ~Chevy Chase,National Lampoon's Vacation