Experience

Parker University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Professor of Health Sciences

  • May 2021 - Present



Hartlieb Nutrition + Wellness, Inc

• President

  • Nov 2016 - Present



Florida International University - Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Aug 2016 - Present

  Teaching advanced communication skills with a focus on Motivational Interviewing to medical students and faculty. Teaching advanced communication skills with a focus on Motivational Interviewing to medical students and faculty.



Health Education and Training Institute (HETI Maine)

• Motivational Interviewing Coder and Coach

  • Apr 2017 - Jun 2020

  Providing MITI 4 coding and feedback to mental health, health care and probation practitioners; Developing and implementing an the inter-rater reliability protocol Providing MITI 4 coding and feedback to mental health, health care and probation practitioners; Developing and implementing an the inter-rater reliability protocol



Florida International University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Aug 2013 - Jul 2016

  ♣ Maintain an active research portfolio Interdisciplinary health behavior change in minority youth and families with a focus on obesity Patient-provider health behavior change communication in adolescents and adults in the areas of weight management, HIV, medical education, and other chronic diseases ♣ Educate undergraduate and graduate students Department of Dietetics and Nutrition: Nutrition Counseling, Research in Dietetics, mentorship of masters and doctoral students and FIU Wertheim College of Medicine: Motivational Interviewing, Advanced Communication Skills Show less



Behavior Change Consultants

• Motivational Interviewing Trainer

  • Jan 2009 - Dec 2015

  ♣ Provide communication training, supervision and coding to local and national organizations based on compassion and partnership in order to elicit and strengthen intrinsic motivation for health behavior change to health and lay care providers ♣ Sample Project: Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Department of Adolescent Medicine ♣ Coding Systems: MITI 3, MITI 4, Minority Youth Sequential Coding of Process Exchanges (MY-SCOPE), BCC Coaching Tool ♣ Provide communication training, supervision and coding to local and national organizations based on compassion and partnership in order to elicit and strengthen intrinsic motivation for health behavior change to health and lay care providers ♣ Sample Project: Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Department of Adolescent Medicine ♣ Coding Systems: MITI 3, MITI 4, Minority Youth Sequential Coding of Process Exchanges (MY-SCOPE), BCC Coaching Tool



Wayne State University School of Medicine

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Sep 2009 - Jul 2013

  Pediatric Prevention Research Center, Department of Pediatrics Pediatric Prevention Research Center, Department of Pediatrics



Wayne State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • Aug 2008 - Jul 2009

  Coordinated Program in Dietetics, Department of Nutrition and Food Science Coordinated Program in Dietetics, Department of Nutrition and Food Science



Children's Hospital of Michigan

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Pediatric Nutrition Fellow

  • 2004 - 2004

  ♣ Developed proficiency in clinical pediatric nutrition with a focus on nutrition in early childhood, gastrointestinal, endocrine and intensive care ♣ Developed proficiency in clinical pediatric nutrition with a focus on nutrition in early childhood, gastrointestinal, endocrine and intensive care