University of Massachusetts Amherst

Department of Nutrition

Claire P. Wickham- Norton MS, RD, LDN

Department of Nutrition

Phone:                   (413) 545-1077
Email:                    cpnorton@nutrition.umass.edu

Campus Address:   224 Chenoweth

  

Education            

M.S. (Nutrition) Trinity College, Dublin, 1984

B.S.(Biochemistry) Memorial University of Newfoundland 1979

                         

Current Research Interests:

Eating disorders in adolescents; treatment using a family based approach.

Publications                            

 Paroskie A, Miller NH, Norton CW, Koenigs, LMP, Does Proteinuria Predict Severity in Eating Disorders?  Poster, Pediatric Academic Society, May,2009.

Wickham, C., O’Broin, S., and Kevany, J., Seasonal Variation in Folate Nutritional Status, Irish Journal of Medical Science 152 (8) 1983: 295-299

Lee, P., Wickham, C., Lewis, E., Barker, W., and Kevany, J., Anthropometric and Dietary Assessment of Disadvantaged Dublin Infants, Irish Medical Journal, 76 (5) 1983: 226-229

Wickham, C., O’Broin, S., O’Rourke, A., Condren, L., Scott, J., and Kevany, J., Haemopoietic Nutrient Status of Dublin Women (Abstract) Proceedings of Fourth European Nutrition Conference, Amsterdam, 1983

Wickham, C., Barry, A., and Kevany, J., Salt in Kitchen and at Table, Lancet 1 (8335) May 1983: 1219 (letter)

Wickham, C., Kelly, A., and Kevany, J., Calculating Available Dietary Iron, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 154 (5) 1985 174-177

Wickham, C., O’Broin, S., O’Rourke, A., Condren, L., Scott, J., and Kevany, J.,  Haemopoietic Nutrient Status of Young Nulliparous Women, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 154 (2) 1985: 51-58        

 

 Recent Presentations

The Role of the Dietitian in the Treatment of Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa using a Family Based Approach.  2009 Spring Meeting of the New Hampshire Dietetic Association, Manchester NH. May 5, 2009. 

 

Nutrition Coaching in Maudsley Therapy, Massachusetts Dietetic Association 2008 Annual Nutrition Convention and Exposition, Sturbridge Host Hotel.March 28, 2008.

 

The Role of the Nutritionist in Maudsley Therapy, Sponsored by the Eating Disorder Consortium, Baystate Medical Center. January 18, 2008.

 

The Dietitian and Eating Disorders – the role of the dietitian in the treatment of anorexia, bulimia, Binge eating and EDNOS.  Sponsored by WAMDA (Western area Massachusetts dietetic association), Mercy Medical Center.November 28, 2007. 

 

Nutrition Coaching in Maudsley Therapy  workshop at Youth at Risk Conference, sponsored by Baystate Children’s Hospital and The New England Regional Chapter, Society for Adolescent Medicine.October 24, 2007.  

 

 Professional Affiliations:

American Dietetic Association  

Western Massachusetts Dietetic Association

Center for Science in the Public Interest

 Teaching:

Nutrition for non-majors, nutrition seminar, eating disorders.

http://www.umass.edu/sphhs/nutrition/