Events

Live Virtual Event - May 22, 2025

Join us for a conversation with fertility dietitian Judy Simon, MS, RDN, CHES, FAND!

She’s sharing the journey behind Getting to Baby and the creation of the Food for Fertility program. Judy brings decades of experience, compassion, and science-backed strategies to help individuals feel empowered on their path to parenthood. Whether you’re a provider or on your own fertility journey, learn how nutrition and Registered Dietitians play a pivotal role in supporting fertility and reproductive health.⁠

Date: May 22nd, 2025

Time: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Credits Offered: 1 CPEU

Attendee Fee: Free to members, $12 for non-members. Please use the PayPal link below to pay for the event for non-members and public registrants (you will be redirected after payment to the event sign-up). Registration will be manually approved following confirmation of membership or payment.

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Student Networking Event - May 28, 2025

Student panel event

This student-led event provides an opportunity for dietetic students and interns to network with their peers and dietitians working in diverse roles. The event will feature a panel of 3 dietitians and include opportunities to ask them all your nutrition career questions! Light refreshments will be served.

Date: May 28th, 2025

Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Location: Green Lake Library, 7364 East Green Lake N, Seattle

Cost: Free, some snacks and drinks will be provided

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Past Events

Spring Networking Event - April 24th, 2025

Looking to make connections within the Seattle dietetics professional community?

Are you a student getting ready to graduate and starting to worry about getting a job?

Well, good news! Come celebrate welcoming in springtime while meeting other dietitians, students, interns, and other working nutrition professionals. This is an incredible opportunity to get to know your colleagues.

Also joining us will be representatives from Yakult for a casual meet and greet.

Bring your RD friends, classmates, interns, and colleagues for drinks, snacks, and mingling!

The Intersections of Weight Management and Oncology Nutrition

Date(s) - 03/27/2025
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Join expert Ray Palko, RD, CSO, as he explores the impact of weight on cancer risk, treatment, and survivorship. Ray is a board-certified specialist in oncology nutrition at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and has a passion for helping patients mitigate weight gain from hormonal cancer therapies and improve metabolic health. This 1-hour virtual CPEU event will dive into the influence of weight status on cancer risk, balancing weight management priorities during cancer treatment, and cancer related causes of weight gain including hormonal treatments. Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your expertise in oncology nutrition!

Ray Palko is a registered dietitian and board-certified specialist in oncology nutrition who works with patients with breast, gynecologic, and endocrine cancers, genitourinary cancers, and those at high risk of breast and ovarian cancers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. He has a special interest in helping patients mitigate weight gain resulting from hormonal cancer therapies and improving their metabolic health to help reduce recurrence risk. Outside of work Ray stays busy cycling, hiking (with his dog), exploring farmers markets and cooking.

When: March 27, 2025 from 6:30-7:30PM

Where: Virtual

CEU: 1

Cost: Free for members, $12 for non-members

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