Gina Jarman Hill
Professor & Department Chair | Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX, UNITED STATES
Dr. Hill's interests include food security, sustainability, urban agriculture and community nutrition education.
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Biography
Dr. Gina Jarman Hill serves as the Chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences. She joined the faculty of the Department of Nutritional Sciences in 2003. Dr. Hill earned her PhD in Nutrition from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX. Dr. Hill has worked as a clinical dietitian and as a consultant dietitian for a number of facilities. Hill is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian and a member of the Hunger and Environmental Nutrition (HEN) dietetic practice group and the Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine dietetic practice group. Her current teaching responsibilities include Nutrition Ecology, Food and Sustainability, Essentials of Dietetic Practice, Community Nutrition and Public Health, and Infant and Child Nutrition. She served as the Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) from 2007- 2013 when she began her appointment as Director of the Coordinated Program (CP) in Dietetics where she served through 2021.
Her current research interests include hunger and food security, sustainability, urban agriculture, and community nutrition education. Since 2013, Dr. Hill has collaborated with the University Christian Church (UCC) Weekday School (WDS) to create a community learning garden and educate preschool children in the Seed to Plate program.
Hill is active in the community and serves on the Boards of the Tarrant County Food Policy Council (TCFPC) and the Mothers’ Milk Bank of North Texas. In addition, she leads the TCFPC’s Food Recovery Working Group and serves on Botanical Research Institute of Texas GROW Educational Advisory Council. She is also the faculty advisor for the TCU Food Recovery Network (FRN).
Areas of Expertise (6)
Urban Agriculture
Food Waste
Hunger
Food Security
Sustainability
Community Nutrition Education
Accomplishments (1)
Texas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Outstanding Nutrition Education Award (professional)
2017
Education (3)
Texas Tech University: PhD, Food and Nutrition
Texas Tech University: MS, Food and Nutrition
Texas Tech University: BS, Food and Nutrition
Affiliations (4)
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Texas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Nutrition
- Hunger and Environmental Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group
- Tarrant County Master Gardener Association
Links (1)
Languages (1)
- English
Media Appearances (3)
Two Horned Frogs Graduating with Rare Triple Degrees
TCU News online
2022-05-04
Jennings has especially loved developing and implementing her own research study with the help of her research advisers, Gina Jarman Hill, associate professor and chair of nutritional sciences, and Kelly Fisher, assistant professor of professional practice and director of combined BS/MS in dietetics.
Waste Not: This school was wasting lots of food. Now students are sharing it instead of tossing it
Hill Country News online
2019-03-28
Hill said the project was initially started through a student research grant from TCU's College of Science and Engineering. She said the project allowed students to see how much trash communities make and to figure out how to reduce waste. "I think people would be surprised at how much waste is taking place across the United States," Hill said. "It's not just schools. Unfortunately, in the United States 40 percent of the food produced actually gets thrown away or wasted. This is just one little way that we can try to address a really big problem."
This school was wasting lots of food. Now students are sharing it instead of tossing it
Fort Worth Star-Telegram online
2019-03-22
Hill said the project was initially started through to a student research grant from TCU’s College of Science and Engineering. She said the project allowed students to see how much trash communities make and to figure out how reduce waste. “I think people would be surprised at how much waste is taking place across the United States,” Hill said. “It’s not just schools. Unfortunately, in the United States 40 percent of the food produced actually gets thrown away or wasted. This is just one little way that we can try to address a really big problem.”
Articles (1)
A randomized targeted amino acid therapy with behaviourally at-risk adopted children
Child: care, health and development2010 Increasing numbers of children are at-risk for behavioural and emotional disorders, a phenomenon contributing to increased use of pharmacological interventions for paediatric clients. Adverse side effects and other risks associated with pharmacological approaches have helped fuel interest in nutritional interventions for behaviourally at-risk children.
