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| Dr. De'Shoin York has been appointed the Associate Vice Chancellor for Extension and Outreach at the Southern University Ag Center. |
Baton Rouge, La. – De’Shoin A. York, Ph.D., has been
appointed the Associate Vice Chancellor for Extension and Outreach at the
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension.
Dr. York was appointed to the position during the Southern University
Board of Supervisors’ meeting on January 10, 2020.
For the past 19 years, Dr. York has served as the Southern University
Ag Center’s Nutrition, Health, and Wellness Specialist. In this role, she has designed
and implemented nutrition, health, and wellness programming for the Center’s
disadvantaged and low-income clientele. She also serves as Director for both
the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) and the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program – Education (SNAP-Ed) nutrition education
programs.
Prior to coming to the Southern University Ag Center, York was a research
assistant at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center where she worked on the
well-known Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Study.
She also served as the Director of Dietary Services for BHC Meadow
Wood Hospital as well as Special Programs Coordinator and Food Procurement
Coordinator for the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank.
York has written several journal articles and publications in the area
of food and nutrition.
Recently, Dr. York was appointed to the Louisiana Statewide Clinical
and Translational Science Center (LaCATS) Advisory Board. The board provides
oversite to a unique statewide medical research consortium of 10 major academic
and biomedical research centers within the state. The goal of the board is to
facilitate clinical research to improve the health and healthcare of all
Louisiana citizens, particularly those living with chronic diseases. The
research focuses on addressing health disparities and improving health outcomes
in some of Louisiana’s major health problems: obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular
disease, cancer, aging and cognitive dysfunction.
Dr. York earned a Bachelor of Science, Human Foods and Nutrition; a
Master’s of Public Administration and a Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy
with a concentration in Health Policy, all from Southern University.
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