WIC Nutrition Specialist
Nutrition Division, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Kara Ghiringhelli, is a WIC Nutrition Specialist who works for the Nutrition Division at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. She has worked for the Massachusetts WIC Program for the last 20 years at both the local and state level. In the last 10 years she oversaw federal grant projects to improve nutrition service delivery at WIC and breastfeeding support for moms and their babies upon hospital discharge. She is now working to incorporate CDC’s Learn the Signs. Act Early. into Massachusetts WIC nutrition services, with the aim of identifying and referring children who may be at risk for delay. This last year, Kara took on the oversight of DPH-funded contracts that provide funding and support to a network of 7 Growth and Nutrition Programs across the state. In this capacity she looks to work closely with the clinics and identify systems that may better assist the programs in their ability to improve the growth and health outcomes of the infants and children they serve.