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Education:

• Ph.D., Human Ecology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 2009
• MS, Administrative Dietetics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 1998
• BS, Dietetics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 1993

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Societies and Organizations:

• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (2021-2022 President)

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Research Interests:

• Food safety for vulnerable populations, leadership in practice, behavior change

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Funding:

• United States Department of Agriculture. Serving up Science. Co-Principle Investigator, 2023-2024, $460,000.
• United States Department of Agriculture. Center for Food Safety Research in Child Nutrition Programs. Co-Principle Investigator, 2021-2024, $1.3M.
• United States Department of Agriculture. Serving up Science. Co-Principle Investigator, 2018-2020, $150,000.
• United States Department of Agriculture. Serving up Science. Co-Principle Investigator, 2018-2021, Center for Food Safety Research in Child Nutrition Programs. $1.8M

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Clinical Interests:

• Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) for 30 years

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Select Publications:

• Roberts, K., Sauer, K., Paez, P., Alcorn, M., & Johnson, D. (2023).  Practices Impact of Employee’s Handwashing Behaviors in School Nutrition programs.  Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 123(5), 770-782.
• Sauer, K.L. (2023). Forward - Effective Leadership and Management in Nutrition and Dietetics. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Jindrich, C., Joyce, J., Daniels, E., Procter, S., Sauer, K., and Hanson, J. (2022). The Nutritional Adequacy and Diet Quality of Vegetarian Menu Substitution in Urban Kansas Childcare Centers. Nutrients, 14(17), 3464. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14173464
• Dhandapani, S., Myers, E.F., Madan, J., Sauer, K., Yuvaraj, V., Murugesh, B., Benjamin, S., Canday, E., Sudhakar, R., Hasija, V., & Urooj, A. (2022). Clinical dietetics practice audit in India: A collateral collaboration of dietitians from India and the United States. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 122(8), 1450-1451
• Jindrich, C., Sauer, K., Daniels, E., Procter, S., and Hanson, J. (2022). Vegetarian Menu Substitution Practices and Nutrition Professional’s Involvement in the Foodservice Operations of Urban Kansas Childcare Centers. Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 46(1). https://schoolnutrition.org/JCNM/
• Sauer, K.L. (2022). The role of registered dietitian nutritionists on the critical care interdisciplinary team. Critical Care Medicine, 50(7), 659-660.
• Hege, A., Giddens, J., Bergquist, E., Stadler, D., Campbell, C.G., Cummings, J., Goetze, A., Steinmetz, J., Combs, E., Schwartz, A., Prange, N., Brown, K., Sauer, K., & Spiker, M. (2021). Integration of a Sustainable Food Systems Curriculum in Nutrition and Dietetics Education: Assessment of First Year of Implementation. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 121(12), 2536-2547.
• Garner, J.A., Proaño, G.V., Kelley, K., Banna, J.C., Emenaker, N.J., & Sauer, K. (2021). Revising the Academy’s Research Priorities: Methods of the Research Priorities and Strategies Development Taskforce, 2017-2019. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 121(11), 2275-2296.
• Patten, E.P., Sauer, K., Osborne, S., & Rose, K. (2021).  Clinical leadership in dietetics: Viewpoints from the frontlines. Topics in Clinical Nutrition, 36(1), 202-212. 
• Sauer, K., Roberts, K., Paez, P., & Cole, K. (2021).  Food Defense Practices in School Nutrition Programs. Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 45(1) https://schoolnutrition.org/JCNM/
• Spiker, M, Hege, A.…Sauer, K., et al. (2021). Leveraging online learning to promote systems thinking for sustainable food systems training in dietetics education. Frontiers in Nutrition, 8, 1-9.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2021.623336
• Rogers, D., Griswold, K., Sauer, K., Abbay, E., Coufal, A., Eastman, W., Lawson, K., Slack, D., & Sulik, B. (2021). Entry-level RD and DTR dietetics practice today: Results from the 2020 Commission on Dietetic Registration entry-level dietetics practice audit. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 121, 330-378.
• Roberts, K., Sauer, K., Paez, P., & Alcorn, M. (2020). Use of the theory of planned behavior to determine food safety behavioral intentions among child nutrition employees. Food Protection Trends, 40(6), 424-434.
• Spiker, M.L., Knoblock-Hahn, A., Brown, K., Giddens, J., Hege, A., Sauer, K., Enos, D., & Steiber, A. (2020) Cultivating Sustainable, Resilient, and Healthy Food and Water Systems: A Nutrition-Focused Framework for Action. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 120, 1057-1067.
• Howells, A., Sauer, K., & Shanklin, C. (2020). A current gap analysis of education for clinical nutrition managers.  Topics in Clinical Nutrition, 35(2), 121-134.
• Rosenkranz, R., Neuendorf, C., Rosenkranz, S., & Sauer, K. (2020). Just sit still and pay attention? A commentary. Journal of School Health, 90(5), DOI: 10.1111/josh.12881