Erin M. McKinley, PhD, RD, LDN, CLC, CHES

Assistant Professor & Director of Dietetics
Louisiana State University

Dr. Erin McKinley is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Health Education Specialist, and Certified Lactation Counselor. She is an Assistant Professor and the Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics at LSU. She obtained both her Ph.D. in Health Education and Health Promotion and Masters of Science in Human Nutrition from The University of Alabama. Her research is focused on creating and testing new scales to measure the psychological components of infant feeding.

Poster(s):

• (PO05-40-22) An Analysis of COVID-19 Lock-Down Panic Buying Motivators Among Undergraduate Students

• (PO10-11-22) Skills, Satisfaction, and Future Recommendations for Salary and Benefit Negotiation Success Among Nutrition and Dietetics Professionals in the United States

• (PO16-57-22) Giving Birth During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Changes in Confusion, Anxiety, and Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy From Pregnancy to Six-Weeks Postpartum