Cynthia Heiss

Cindy Heiss, PhD, RD, LD, is a full professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver since August 2008, where involvement includes teaching courses in Medical Nutrition Therapy, Senior Seminar/Research Methods, Functional Foods, and Introduction to Nutrition, as well as collaborating with diabetes educators. Previous academic positions include associate professor at the University of the Incarnate Word from July 2014 to September 2017, and full professor and Dietetics Program Director at Missouri State University from August 2004 to July 2008, where classes taught included Medical Nutrition Therapy and Nutrition Seminar. Earlier roles as an associate professor at California State University, Northridge involved teaching various nutrition courses at graduate and undergraduate levels. Cindy Heiss holds a PhD in Nutrition from Texas Woman's University, earned in 1993.