Regan Bailey
{{Short description|American nutritional epidemiologist}}
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MS, Food and Nutrition, 2001, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
PhD, Nutritional Sciences, 2007, Pennsylvania State University
MPH, Public Health and Epidemiology, 2014, Johns Hopkins University
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National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements
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Regan Lucas Bailey is an American nutritional epidemiologist and a Professor at Florida State University.
Early life and education
Bailey earned her Bachelor of Science degree and PhD from Pennsylvania State University while enrolling at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for her Master's of Science degree.{{cite web |title=Regan Bailey |url=https://www.purdue.edu/hhs/nutr/directory/faculty/bailey_regan.html |website=purdue.edu |accessdate=November 17, 2020}}
Career
After earning her PhD, Bailey accepted a position as director of career development and outreach at the National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements. She left the organization in 2013 to become an adjunct faculty member at Purdue University.{{cite web |last1=Oates |first1=Matthew |title=Purdue nutrition epidemiologist elected to National Academy of Medicine |url=https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2020/Q4/purdue-nutrition-epidemiologist-elected-to-national-academy-of-medicine.html |website=purdue.edu |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |date=October 21, 2020}} In this role, she also completed her Master's of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.
While at Purdue, Bailey leads a laboratory which focused on "understanding how to use dietary intakes, dietary patterns, and biomarkers of nutritional status to assess how dietary exposure relates to human health across the lifecourse."{{cite web |title=Purdue HHS faculty named to 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee |url=https://www.purdue.edu/hhs/news/2019/02/purdue-hhs-faculty-named-to-2020-dietary-guidelines-advisory-committee/ |website=purdue.edu |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |date=February 25, 2019}} In 2017, Bailey was designated a Showalter Faculty Scholar for her research into diet and disease.{{cite web |title=Faculty members receive Showalter funding |url=https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/releases/2017/Q4/faculty-members-receive-showalter-funding.html |website=purdue.edu |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |date=November 30, 2017}}
In 2019, Bailey was named to United States Department of Agriculture and United States Department of Health and Human Services' 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. As an associate professor in nutrition science, she led a study titled Estimation of Total Usual Dietary Intakes of Pregnant Women in the United States, which found that pregnant women were not getting the proper amounts of some vitamins and minerals while also consuming excessive amounts of sodium.{{cite web |last1=Oates |first1=Matthew |title=Too much sodium, not enough vitamins and minerals in diets of pregnant women |url=https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2019/Q2/too-much-sodium,-not-enough-vitamins-and-minerals-in-diets-of-pregnant-women.html |website=purdue.edu |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |date=June 21, 2019}} Bailey also published the findings from her study "Feeding Infants and Toddler Study 2016" which found that 20 per cent of infants had a low intake of iron.{{cite web |last1=Oates |first1=Matthew |title=Feed the need: Toddlers' nutrition often short on vitamins, minerals, but long on sugar, salt |url=https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2019/Q1/feed-the-need-toddlers-nutrition-often-short-on-vitamins,-minerals,-but-long-on-sugar,-salt.html |website=purdue.edu |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |date=January 15, 2019}} She was subsequently promoted to the rank of Full professor in May 2019.{{cite web |title=College of Health and Human Sciences announces faculty promotions |url=https://www.purdue.edu/hhs/news/2019/05/college-of-health-and-human-sciences-announces-faculty-promotions/ |website=purdue.edu |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |date=May 1, 2019}}
In 2020, Bailey was elected a Member of the National Academy of Medicine for her "work on measuring nutritional status to optimize health."
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Category:Florida State University faculty
Category:Pennsylvania State University College of Health and Human Development alumni
Category:Indiana University of Pennsylvania alumni
Category:Johns Hopkins University alumni
Category:American women epidemiologists
Category:American epidemiologists
Category:American women nutritionists
Category:American nutritionists
Category:Members of the National Academy of Medicine