Lauren Gleason is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Board Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition based in Atlanta, GA. Lauren has more than 10 years experience working in nutrition and public health, including seven years working as a Sr. Director of Nutrition at one of the largest dialysis companies in the United States. In that role, she was responsible for creating and maintaining all of the required nutrition education for the more than 2,000 dietitians that work for the company. Now she is turning her gifts for sharing knowledge directly towards patients.
When she’s not digging through nutrition data on the food supply or testing our recipes, she spends time with her husband, two kids, and three cats.
Credentials
- Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
- Board Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition
Education
- B.B.A. in Accounting and Management Information Systems – University of Georgia
- M.S. in Nutrition – Georgia State University
- Masters in Public Health (MPH) – Georgia State University
Experience
- Over seven years experience as Sr. Director of Nutrition Services for Fresenius Kidney Care
- Former ORISE Fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’ Global Non-Communicable Disease Branch
- Former intern at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
- Graduate Research Assistant for Tobacco research at Georgia State University
- Five years working as a Certified Public Accountant at Ernst & Young and Morgan Stanley