Janie Burney
Professor/Extension Specialist
University of Tennessee Extension, Department of Family and Consumer
Sciences
Education:
PhD, The University of Tennessee, 1998
Registered Dietition, 1983
Certificate of Training in Adult Weight Management, American Dietetic
Association, 2006
Certificate of Training in Child and Adolescent Weight Management, American
Dietetic Association, 2007
Research Area:
Evaluation of nutrition and food safety community education programs
Research Description:
As an Extension specialist, Dr. Burney focuses on measuring impacts of
nutrition and food safety education delivered through Extension community
education programs. Some of these programs include: The Expanded Food and
Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), a nutrition education program for low
income families with children; The Tennessee Nutrition Consumer Education
Program (TNCEP), a nutrition education program for participants in the Food
Stamp Program; Safe Food for Tennessee, a food safety program for consumers
across the lifecyle, especially vulnerable populations at risk for
foodborne illness; Power U, a nutrition and physical activity program for
4th graders; Healthy Steps, a nutrition and physical activity program for
preschool children; and Food Safety in the Classroom, a food safety program
for 7th graders.
Contact Information:
University of Tennessee Extension, Department of Family and Consumer
Sciences
119 Morgan Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: 865-974-7402
E-mail: jburney@utk.edu