PhD Student
New York University
Noelle Armstrong MS, RD is a Rehabiltation Sciences PhD student and registered dietitian. Noelle’s education began at the State University of New York at Oneonta, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics with a minor in Chemistry. Noelle continued her education at Boston University, where she received a Master of Science in Nutrition. While in Boston, Noelle worked at Tufts USDA Human Nutrition Research Center for Aging and completed her dietetic internship at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center through Boston University.
Noelle currently works as a private practice dietitian and nutrition consultant in the holistic wellness sphere and teaches at NYU in the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies. Her research focuses on the connection between nutrition and psychology – how what we eat impacts how we feel. Noelle plans to explore the use of nutrition counseling and diet intervention as an adjunctive therapy in the prevention and treatment of mental illnesses like anxiety and depression. Noelle hopes to improve the mental health and wellbeing of individuals living with mental illness through nutrition.