Recently awarded the 20-year silver medal from Georgetown University, Myrtle McCulloch is a clinical assistant professor of Nutrition in the Schools of Medicine and Nursing and Health Studies, teaching courses in nutrition, both in health and disease, to nurses, first year medical students and health studies majors. She has experience in nutrition in health and disease through stages of life, and works as a clinical nutritionist in area hospitals. Other areas of interest include eating disorders, genetically modified foods, food safety at home, and food insecurity worldwide. Her overseas work in public health nutrition has been in Costa Rica, Calcutta, Hyderabad India. She grew up in Nairobi Kenya.