Nutrition Practicum
FPM-40624
To complete the program in Natural Healing and Cooking, students will also be required to demonstrate their skills by remotely hosting a mini-cooking class after the completion of the “Natural Healing & Cooking” course. Students will practice their cooking skills at home using the techniques learned in the in-person cooking course and submit a final video project.
**Students must have taken or are currently enrolled in Natural Healing and Cooking to complete Part II of the Integrative Nutrition Certificate.
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This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
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No textbook required.
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Lauray MacElhern
Managing Director - Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, San Diego
As managing director of the UC San Diego Center for Integrative Medicine, Lauray MacElhern oversees the business administration, strategy, operations, marketing, finance, management and development of the Center and its four mission areas and related committees: clinical, education, research and community partnerships. MacElhern is co-founder, teacher and trainer of the UC San Diego Natural Healing & Cooking Program. She is also co-founder and elected co-chair of the Business of Integrative Medicine sub-committee of the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (CAHCIM).
MacElhern joined UC San Diego after running a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization, The Cancer Project, dedicated to nutrition education and research for cancer prevention and survival. As part of that role, she worked with and trained more than 100 chefs around the world on how to teach the organization’s award-winning cooking and nutrition courses. Under her leadership, the organization reached millions through its public outreach efforts and within community centers, hospitals and medical centers in more than 160 cities across the U.S., U.K., Canada, Panama, Jamaica, India and Spain.
For the past decade, MacElhern has specialized in technology, management, marketing and leadership roles contributing to the successful start-up of three ventures. She has achieved formal recognition from NASA and the Telly Awards for her work. From an early age, MacElhern has been personally immersed in healing cooking, naturopathy, Ayurveda and Chinese medicine modalities. She earned her bachelor’s degree in communication and commerce through coursework in the Wharton School and Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and advanced degree coursework in nutrition sciences through extension programs at Harvard University, UC Berkeley and American University.
