Brinda Vijaya Sankar is the Nutrition and Health Outreach Specialist for Cornell Wellness. She received her Bachelor’s in Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Service Management and Master’s in Food & Nutrition from Madras University, India. Brinda is a Registered Dietitian and a Certified Dietitian/Nutritionist in New York State and in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She has over 20 years of experience in the field of nutrition working in a variety of clinical settings such as acute care, primary care network, and senior homes in three different countries. In addition to her clinical expertise, she has experience in food service management and public health.  She has gained considerable knowledge and insight about how people from many walks of life consider nutrition, and because of this, can communicate effectively with folks from multiple backgrounds and throughout life stages. Her skills include fluency in English and two Southeast Asian Languages (Tamil, Telugu). Seeing people transform themselves through healthy eating and lifestyle changes gives Brinda a great sense of satisfaction. Wherever she goes she finds ways to belong to the community and enjoys spending time with her family, hiking and cooking.
You can contact Brinda by emailing bv222@cornell.edu.

Specializing in:
•    One on one nutrition consultations for individuals
•    Working with people of different ethnicities to help with their nutritional needs.
•    Eating on a budget
•    Healthy recipe ideas
•    Working collaboratively with clients in a nonjudgemental way