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Portrait of Dr. Lesli M Biediger-Friedman

Dr. Lesli M Biediger-Friedman

  • Associate Professor at School of Family & Consumer Sciences, College of Applied Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, A.G.E. Taskforce. 2024 - Present.
  • Member, FCS Curriculum Committee. May 2023 - Present.
  • Graduate Advisor, Human Nutrition. January 2020 - Present.
  • Co-Chair, MS in Human Nutrition Admissions Committee. January 2020 - Present.
  • Hays County Food Security Coalition. September 2019 - Present.
  • Member, School of Family and Consumer Sciences - Personnel Committee. August 2018 - Present.
  • Chair, Bobcat Bounty. February 1, 2018 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. October 2017 - Present.
  • Board Member, Hays County Early Childhood Coalition. March 2017 - Present.
  • Speaker, Nutrition Program - New Graduate Student Orientation - Plagiarism Training. August 2016 - Present.
  • Member, Dietetic Internship Selection Committee. 2015 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Preventing Chronic Disease Journal. 2013 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Public Health Management & Practice. 2012 - Present.
  • Co-Director, Best Food for Families, Infants, and Toddlers. 2012 - Present.

2022

  • Member, Search Committee: Associate/ Full Professor, Nutrition. July 2021 - 2022.
  • Member, Search Committee. July 2021 - 2022.
  • Member, Graduate Recruitment Committee/GEMS. January 2020 - 2022.

2021

  • Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior - Position Paper Committee. January 2020 - December 2021.
  • Internal Reviewer, Department Review, Health and Human Performance. September 2021 - November 2021.
  • Member, Search Committee: Admin III. September 2021 - October 2021.
  • Member, Texas Research to Policy Coalition. May 2020 - August 2021.
  • Chair, Advisory Committee on Public Policy - Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior. January 2019 - August 2021.

2020

  • Member, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Big Idea. March 2019 - 2020.
  • Big Ideas Taskforce. December 2018 - October 2020.
  • Investigator, Caminitos Research Collaborative. 2015 - June 2020.
  • Research student mentor, Department of Agriculture – USDA FATE Grant. 2014 - May 2020.
  • Co-Chair, Nutrition Assistant/ Associate Professor Search. October 2019 - April 2020.
  • Member, Texas Department of State Health Services - Healthy Dining Taskforce. January 2018 - February 2020.

2019

  • Evaluator/ Advisor, School Fuel (weekend food program). 2014 - 2019.
  • Member, FCS Curriculum Committee. 2015 - May 2019.
  • Chair, Nutrition Assistant / Associate Search Committee. August 2018 - March 2019.

2018

  • Member, Hays County Health Collaborative. 2013 - 2018.
  • Member, FCS Director Search Committee. May 2018 - December 2018.
  • Member, College of Applied Arts, REP Committee. November 2016 - October 2018.
  • Chair, Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Public Health Division. August 2016 - August 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sociaety of Nutrition Education and Behavior - Conference Planning Committee. February 2018 - July 2018.
  • Chair of Food and Nutrition Scholarship, Translational Health Showcase. November 2017 - February 2018.
  • Member, Assistant Professor in Nutrition Search Committee. August 2017 - February 2018.
  • Member, Associate/ Full Professor in Nutrition Search Committee Member. August 2016 - February 2018.

2017

  • Co-Chair, Food Day Planning Committee Member. August 2016 - 2017.
  • Participant, Faculty and Graduate Student recruitment. October 2017.
  • Member, Assistant Professor in Consumer Affairs Search Committee. May 2017 - July 2017.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior. January 2017 - July 2017.

2016

  • Member, FCS Strategic Planning Taskforce. May 2016.
  • Member, Assistant/Associate Professor in Community Nutrition Search Committee Member. September 2015 - March 2016.

2015

  • Member, Assistant/Associate Professor Search Committee Member. 2014 - 2015.
  • Member, Child Development Center Advisory Committee. 2014 - 2015.
  • Panel speaker, Sociology Week – Service to Research at Texas State University. November 2015.
  • Presentation, Best Food FITS Research, 2010 – 2015. Caminitos Research Collaborative. October 2015.

2014

  • Board Member, Hays County Family and Consumer Science Taskforce – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. 2013 - 2014.
  • REACH grant consultant, National Center for Farmworker Health. 2013 - 2014.
  • Member, Healthy City Task Force (San Marcos. 2012 - 2014.

2013

  • Member, Assistant/Associate Professor Search Committee Member. 2013.
  • Member, Graduate Research Methods Committee Member. 2013.
  • member & evaluator, San Antonio Healthy Restaurant Association. 2010 - 2013.
  • Member, CPU Presentation to Child Development Center staff. August 2013.

2012

  • consultant, San Antonio Majors Fitness Council. 2011 - 2012.
  • Organizer, Food Policy Council of San Antonio. 2010 - 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics: Position paper on food security. December 2012.