Alcorn professor selected to national USDA Nutrition and Health Committee

Alcorn professor selected to national USDA Nutrition and Health Committee

Alcorn professor selected to national USDA Nutrition and Health Committee

Mattie R. Rasco, Ph.D., RD, LD, assistant professor and nutrition specialist/Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) coordinator, at Alcorn State University Extension Program (ASUEP), was recently selected for a three-year term on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Nutrition and Health Committee for Planning and Guidance.

This committee was established in 2008 to assist the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to provide expert opinions to program leaders.

Dr. Rasco will be assisting, recommending, and providing her wealth of knowledge and experiences with nutrition in future national health, nutrition policies and programs in order to strategically position the Cooperative Extension System for the future.

“I feel honored to have been chosen to serve on the Nutrition and Health Committee for Planning and Guidance,” said Dr. Rasco. “I am looking forward to working with national program leaders in targeting the committee’s objectives, which is to focus and ensure an abundant and safe food supply for everyone. It’s an honor, as well as a worthwhile challenge, to assist families, youth, and individuals to become physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy.”

The School of Agriculture Research Extension and Applied Sciences (AREAS) is proud for Dr. Rasco and wishes her well in her new assignment.

For additional information, please contact Dr. Rasco at 601.877.6281 or [email protected].