About Speaker
Melanie Gillingham is a professor in Molecular and Medical Genetics at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR. She completed her PhD in Nutrition Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a post-doctoral fellowship in Genetics at OHSU. As a metabolic dietitianRegistered dietitian, she has been investigating nutrition interventions in patients with fatty acid oxidation disordersA group of genetic conditions that affect how the body breaks down fats to make energy. for 25 years.
