Bridget L Wardley MS, RDN, CSP
[email protected]
Summary of Qualifications
Registered Dietitian (RD), USA
Commission on Dietetic Registration, Board Certified Specialist in Pediatrics (CSP)
Registered Dietitian (RD), UK
Master of Science: Clinical Nutrition, New York University, USA
Certificate in First Line Management, Stannington College, Sheffield, UK
Diploma in Dietetics (bachelor of science), Leeds Metropolitan University. UK.
Academic Appointments
9/2014
Visiting Assistant Professor of Clinical Nutrition. Department of
Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University. NY
9/2008 – 5/ 2014
Adjunct Professor. New York University. NY.
Graduate level courses: Pediatric Nutrition (Fall 2008,2009,2010, 2011,
2012, 2013); Genetics in Pediatric Nutrition Practice (Spring 2010, 2011,
2012, 2013); Maternal and Child Nutrition (Spring 2009)
2007–2008
Master Teacher New York University. NY. (1 year position)
Key responsibilities: Teaching and student advisement. Undergraduate
courses: Lifecycle Nutrition, New Student Seminar, Graduate courses:
Maternal and Child Nutrition; Genetics in Pediatric Nutrition Practice,
developed new 1 credit seminar class. Advisor on pediatric nutrition
curriculum for undergraduate and graduate programs.
1996- present
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Master of Science in Clinical
Nutrition, University of Medicine & Dentistry, Newark, NJ.
1996-1998 Developed and taught graduate pediatric nutrition class.
Consulted on development/writing lactation course grant application.
Thesis proposal reviewer.
1995-1998
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Nutrition & Food Studies,
New York University.
Courses included: Food Service Supervisors/Dietary Managers Program;
Diet Modification; Nutrition workshop for Chefs; Clinical Nutrition
Seminars.
1990-1994
Program Coordinator, Food Service Supervisors Program and
Approved Pre-Professional Practice Coordinator (AP4) Department of
Nutrition and Food Studies, New York University.
Food Service Supervisors: Teaching and program management.
AP4: Coordinated dietetic professional practice program.
1989-1990
Graduate Assistant, Department of Nutrition and Food Studies,
New York University.
Teaching assistant and program development. International Nutrition
Seminar, London, UK; Pediatric Nutrition; Clinical Practice in Dietetics.
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Business and Consulting Experience
1/11 – 8/2014
Manager Clinical Sciences, Vitaflo USA
Member US management and international R&D teams. Responsible for:
input into new product development and design; development, initiation
and support of clinical trials; product support and training to sales and
marketing teams. Act as subject matter expert to the US and Canadian
Vitaflo team across all specialty areas including inborn errors amino
acid, carbohydrate and fat metabolism; ketogenic diets; pediatric renal
disease. Liaison with health care professionals to support current products
and explore new product ideas; Responsible for clinician relationship
building and key opinion leader development. Planned and implemented
a 1 day Glycogen Storage Disease (GSD) nutrition education program
September 2013; initiated GSD nutrition practices survey, collaborated on
analysis of results and publication. Program development and presented
on metabolic nutrition at Vitaflo initiated local RD education days.
Mentored dietetic students in volunteer experience.
Completed HIPAA and versatility training.
6/08 – 4/10
Director of Nutrition. Applied Nutrition Corp. Cedar Knolls NJ.
Responsibilities included: nutritional aspects of product design
development and marketing; clinical research coordination and
professional liaison; presentations to health professionals and
PKU/MSUD families. Pediatric specialty advising for product design and
development. Telephone and email consulting with PKU, MSUD and
GA1 families. Group low protein diet and cookery workshops for
families with PKU and MSUD. Consulting to Clinic for Special Children
(Lancaster, PA) on pediatric nutrition aspects of product design and
treatment protocols. Mentor and precept dietetic interns.
2002 – 2011
Consultant Dietitian
MSUD guidebook to treatment: writing and consulting on development of
education booklet for families with children & adolescents with MSUD.
Genetics and Nutrition NCHPEG: a resource for dietetics faculty and
practitioners: writing and reviewing case studies.
Program and curriculum development, British Dietetic Association/
Plymouth University pediatric and neonatal sections of the MSc
Advanced Professional Practice program.
Development, coordination and teaching sections of BDA Pediatric
Practice Group Modular Courses in neonatology and general pediatrics.
Consultant to industry on product development, infant nutrition.
Clinical Experience
4/10 – 10/10
Clinical Nutrition Coordinator, Mount Sinai School of Medicine,
Division of Clinical Genetics, NY. (part-time)
Nutritional assessment and diet intervention for infants, children,
adolescents and young adults with inherited metabolic disorders.
Biomarin PKUDOS registry data collection; completed NIH protecting
human research participants and MSSM data security in human subject
research training programs.
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2/07 –7/07
Pediatric Nutritionist. Pediatric HIV Program, Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School, UMDNJ, New Brunswick, NJ. (per-diem grant funded
temporary position)
Member of the Pediatric HIV multidisciplinary team, role included
nutrition assessment and counselling children and young adults and their
families; development of nutrition education tools.
2002 – 2006
Senior Community Pediatric Dieititan, Bromley Primary Care Trust.
Bromley, UK
Community clinics: food allergy, obesity, feeding difficulties, growth
faltering and autistic spectrum disorders. Developed nutrition training
program for preschool staff. Wrote grant application for funding to extend
program, grant awarded. Researched and developed enteral feeding policy.
Precept dietetic students.
1999 - 2002
Senior Neonatal Dietitian and Senior Pediatric Dietitian. Kings College
Hospital, London. UK.
Neonatal responsibilities: provision of dietetic service to neonatal unit and
follow-up clinics. Development and implementation of enteral and
parenteral feeding guidelines. Awarded discretionary award for excellent
service. Pediatric responsibilities: general and allergy clinics, development
of educational tools and protocols relating to clinical work.
1997 –1998
Pediatric Nutritionist, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and
Nutrition, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ. New
Brunswick, NJ.
Pediatric out patient clinics including gastroenterology, HIV, inborn errors
of metabolism, and weight management. Developed ketogenic diet program
for children with epilepsy.
Pediatric Nutritionist, State University of New York Health Science
Center at Brooklyn NY.
Member of Pediatric Gastroenterology team; provided nutrition care to
inpatients and outpatients. Developed patient education materials.
1987 - 1989
1980 - 1987
Chief III Pediatric Dietitian and Senior 1 Pediatric Dietitian, Sheffield
Children’s Hospital, UK.
Chief III. Responsibilities included: management of department of 3
dietitians and special feed unit/formula room consisting of 3 staff. Clinical
responsibilities included inborn errors of metabolism, cystic fibrosis,
general pediatrics
Senior 1. Clinical responsibilities included diabetes, inborn errors of
metabolism, cystic fibrosis, renal, oncology; developmental and
behavioural feeding difficulties, ketogenic diet, growth faltering, general
pediatrics.
Current Professional Membership
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND)
AND Pediatric Dietetic Practice Group
New Jersey Dietetic Association
Genetic Metabolic Dietitians International (GMDI)
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Professional Service
Genetic Metabolic Dietitians International (GMDI)
Committee member (conference planning and education committees) 2009-2014; Session
moderator, GMDI Educational Conference 2010
Topics in Clinical Nutrition. Reviewer (1996- present)
NYU
Advisory board, Dietetic Internship Program, NYU. (2007-2013).
Advisory board, Food Service Supervisors/Dietary Managers Program, (1995-1998).
American Dietetic Association Pediatric Nutrition Care Manual: Inborn Errors of
Metabolism Section (2010). Reviewer.
Maternal and Child Health Library. Nutrition in Children and Adolescents
Knowledge Path. Reviewer. (2008, 2012)
UMDNJ External Reviewer Clinical Doctorate Thesis and Master of Science Thesis
Reviewer for proposals, pilot studies and thesis relating to pediatric and neonatal practice.
(2006, 2007, 2009,2010).
British Dietetic Association (BDA) Pediatric Practice Group
“Committee Member” and “Meetings Organiser “(1999-2002),
“Pediatric Post Graduate/ Masters Modules Development Committee” (2000 – 2007)
Pediatric practice group projects (2000-2007):
Clinical audit of case load evaluation
Consumer education materials development and updates:
‘After milk what’s next? A guide for families’
‘Help my child won’t eat: A guide for families’
‘Food for the school years: Advice for 5-16 year olds’
‘Following a vegetarian diet: Advice for 5-16 year olds’
BDA Neonatal Practice Group
Initiated national practice group for neonatal dietitians, organised inaugural meeting, London
2002.
Committee Member (2002 –2006)
Post graduate education program coordinator (2003-2006)
BDA Volunteer Dietitian/Nutrition Counsellor for Nutrition and Health Show, London
(2004). Provided nutrition counselling on healthy eating to booth attendees.
New Jersey Dietetic Association Newsletter editor. (1997-1998).
NSPKU (National Society for Phenylketonuria), Committee Member (1985-1987).
Lectures and Presentations
Nutrition in GSD, September 19th 2013. Program moderator.
New York University Dietetic Internship Graduation Ceremony. October 8th 2010. Graduation
Speaker.
The University Hospital, University of Medicine and Dentistry 8th Annual Clinical Nutrition
Symposium September 14th, 2010. Nutrition Management of Pediatric Metabolic Disorders.
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Metabolic Centers of New Jersey Educational Program for People with PKU, March 2010
Large neutral amino acids as a treatment option
College of St Elizabeth, New Jersey. November 2009
Healthy nutrition in PKU
MSUD Nutrition Workshop. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. July 2009
Low protein cookery demonstration
Network PKU, Denver, Colorado. April 2009.
Nutrition essentials
College of St Elizabeth, New Jersey. Pediatric Nutrition Conference January 2009.
Nutrition implications of inborn errors of metabolism
British Dietetic Association (BDA) Pediatric Post Graduate Modular Courses (now part of a
pediatric masters degree affiliated with the University of Plymouth UK)
Module 1: Nutrition and Dietetics in Infancy and Childhood, London (2005). Infant feeding
lecture and workshop; program coordinator.
Module 2: Lecture and workshop, neonatal nutrition (2004)
BDA Neonatal Nutrition (2 day) Study Program, London, UK. (2006).
Workshop: Enteral feeding the preterm infant. Program chair:
Health Professional Study Day, Brighton, UK (2005).
Infant feeding – current practices, issues and controversies
SMA Nutrition Study Day for Community Health Professionals, Essex, UK (2005).
Delayed weaning – the guidelines and the implications
Bromley Primary Care Trust Heath Professional Study Day. Bromley, UK (2004).
Nutrition in autism and ASD
London Nutrition and Health Show (2004). Feeding children
South East Thames Pediatric Practice Group, London (2003).
Pediatric home enteral feeding policy: monitoring and hanging issues
University of Surrey Masters in Nutrition Program. Guildford, UK (2003).
Infant nutrition
BDA Pediatric Practice Group Meeting, Sheffield, UK (2002).
Development of the role of the neonatal nutritionist in a level 3 neonatal unit
C&G Study Day, Leeds, UK (2003).
Current issues in neonatal nutrition
Enhancing Clinical Practice Study Day Kings College Hospital, London (2002).
Feeding infants in the neonatal unit
British Dietetic Association Pediatric Courses 1982-1987
Infant and child nutrition lectures and workshops.
Sheffield Children’s Hospital, UK. 1980-1987
Lectures to health professionals, parents, patients and members of the local community.
Topics included: infant and child nutrition; inborn errors of metabolism; cystic fibrosis;
behavioural and developmental feeding difficulties.
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PUBLICATIONS
Refereed articles
Strauss KA, Brumbaugh J, Duffy A, Wardley B, Robinson D, Hendrickson C,
Tortorelli S, Moser AB, Puffenberger EG, Rider NL, Morton DH.. Safety,
efficacy and physiological actions of a lysine-free, arginine-rich formula to treat
glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency: Focus on cerebral amino acid influx.
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 2011;104: 93-106.
Strauss KA, Wardley BL, Robinson D, Hendrickson C, Rider NL, Puffenberger
EG, Shelmer D, Moser AB, Morton DH. Classical maple syrup urine disease
and brain development: principles of management and formula design.
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 2010;99: 333-345.
Wardley BL. Preterm Infants: Nutrition and Feeding Issues.
Complete Nutrition 2003;3(2): 25-27.
Wardley BL., & Dalton, S. Professional Image of British and American
Dietitians. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 1993;93:684-685.
Burnett I., Wardley BL., Magee JT. Microbiological aspects of modernising a
milk kitchen. Journal of Hospital Infection. 1989;13:179-185.
Wardley BL, Taitz LS. Clinical trial of a concentrated amino acid formula for
older patients with phenylketonuria (Maxamum XP). European Journal of Clinical
Nutrition, 1988;42:81-86.
Salfield SAW, Wardley BL, Houlsby W, Turner SL, Spalton AP, Beckles-Wilson
NR, Herber SM. Controlled study of exclusion of dietary vasoactive amines in
migraine. Archives of Disease in Childhood 1987;62:458-460.
Taitz LS, Wardley BL. Dangers of goat milk as an infant feed. Goat Veterinary
Society Journal. 1985:6(1):20-25.
Taitz LS, Armitage (Wardley) BL. Goats Milk for Infants and Children. British
Medical Journal. 1983;228: 428-429.
Mondal BK, Armitage (Wardley) BL. Are laxatives necessary?
Geriatric Medicine. 1980;10(7): 9-10.
Other Professional Publications:
Wardley BL. Book Review (Baby Bites) Topics in Clinical Nutrition. 2008;23(2):
198.
Wardley BL. Book Review (Complete Food and Nutrition Guide) Topics in
Clinical Nutrition. 2007;22(3): 307.
Wardley BL. Book review (Childhood Obesity) Topics in Clinical Nutrition.
2005;20(1):85-86.
Wardley BL. Nutrition in Children. In ‘Nutrition A Practical Guide’. Nursing
Times. 2003:18-20.
Wardley BL. Review of International Journals.
Topics in Clinical Nutrition 1998-2001;13:2- 16:2.
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Books and book chapters:
Wardley BL. Nutritional Needs of Infants. Chapter in: Manual of Dietetic Practice
4th ed. Ed Thomas B. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. 2007.
Wardley B, More J. 101 Fantastic Recipes for Babies, Toddlers and Children
Duncan Baird Publishing, London. 2006.
Wardley B, More J. 365 Recipes for Babies, Toddlers and Children (The Big
Book of Recipes for Babies and Toddlers). Duncan Baird Publishing, London.
2004.
Puntis JWL, Wardley BL. Nutrition in the under 5’s.
Current Medical Literature, London. 2002.
Wardley BL, Puntis JWL, Taitz LS.
Handbook of Child Nutrition. 2nd Ed. Oxford University Press.1997.
Taitz LS, Wardley BL.
Handbook of Child Nutrition. Oxford University Press. 1989.
Refereed Abstracts.
Nagy LL, Wardley BL, Ross, K, Boney A. Identifying nutritional management
practices in glycogen storage disease type I and III. Genetic Metabolic Dietitians
International 5th Educational conference. Dallas, TX. Poster presentation. 2014.
Goodin BJ, Wilson WG, Wardley BL. Large neutral amino acids (LNAA) to treat
a 24 year old PKU female. Genetic Metabolic Dietitians International, 3 rd
Educational Conference for Metabolic Dietitians. Baltimore, USA. Poster
presentation. 2010.
Strauss KA, Wardley BL, Robinson D, Hendrickson C, Rider NL, Puffenberger
EG, Shelmer D, Moser AB, Morton DH. A new infant formula to treat maple syrup
urine disease. 11th International Congress of Inborn Errors of Metabolism. San
Diego: Poster Presentation. 2009.
Gilbride JA, Dalton S, Sturiale S, Wardley BL.
The Changing Scene of Dietetic Education and Practice in New York.
New York State Dietetic Association, 60th Annual Meeting: Poster
Presentation. 1990.
Salfield SAW, Wardley BL, Houlsby W.
Vasoactive amines in childhood migraine: A controlled dietary study.
Proceedings of the Second International Headache Congress, Copenghagen. 1985.
Bennet MJ, Worthy E, Hosking GP, Smith MF, Wardley BL.
Clinical and biochemical features and dietary treatment in a
case of cytosolic acetoacetyl-COA thiolase deficiency presenting with
mental retardation. Proceedings of the eleventh Annual Meeting of the
British Paediatric Neurology Association. 1985.
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Armitage (Wardley) BL, Brennan PO.
Effect of high energy supplementation on growth in children with cystic
fibrosis. Proceedings of the ninth International Congress on Cystic Fibrosis,
Brighton, UK. 1984.
Green A, Armitage (Wardley) BL, Bennet MJ, Black JA.
Treatment of a late diagnosed case of B12 responsive methylmalonic acidaemia.
Proceedings of the fifty third Annual Meeting British Paediatric Association. 1981.
Newsletters and Educational Materials.
Wardley BL.. Dietary treatment of PKU in the Neonate.Sheffield
Inherited Metabolic Disease Newsletter. 1987;6:4-6.
Wardley BL, Taitz LS, Barwell B. Phenylketonuria.Teaching Video for Health
Professionals. Sheffield University Television,Catalogue No. M122. 1983.
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