Michele “Shelly” DeBiasse, PhD, RDN is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist whose initial career was in healthcare as a critical care/nutrition support specialist and researcher, and later, clinical nutrition manager. For the past 15 years, she has held a full-time faculty position at Boston University, and most recently was named Director, Programs in Nutrition at Boston University/College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College. She holds a BA in Psychology, a BS in Human Nutrition, and a MS in Clinical Nutrition. In September of 2016, DeBiasse completed her PhD in Nutrition & Metabolism at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences. Her PhD dissertation, The Theory of Planned Behavior and Implementation Intentions to Improve Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Women with Low Socioeconomic Status, afforded her three first-author publications, and helped further our understanding of the challenges women with low socioeconomic status face when trying to improve the quality of their diet.