Tanya M Halliday portrait
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Nutrition & Integrative Physiology
  • Assistant Professor, Health and Kinesiology
(801) 213-1364

Professional Service

  • Weight-Inclusive Nutrition and Dietetics (WIND). Role: Advisory Board Member. Advisory Board Member . 09/01/2019 - 12/31/2019
  • National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Role: Abstract Reviewer. Abstract Reviewer . 06/09/2019 - 06/23/2019
  • American College of Sports Medicine. Role: Reviewer. ACSM Health Professionals Webinar. 06/02/2019 - 06/23/2019
  • American College of Sports Medicine. Role: Judge. GSSI Young Investigator Award . 05/28/2019 - 04/29/2020
  • American College of Sports Medicine. Role: Session Chair. Thematic Poster Session, Annual Meeting . 05/28/2019 - 05/31/2019
  • The Obesity Society. Role: Abstract Reviewer. ObesityWeek Annual Meeting. 05/19/2019 - 05/26/2019
  • American College of Sports Medicine. Role: Reviewer. Nutrition Interest Group Student Research Award . 04/01/2019 - 04/10/2020
  • Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition (SCAN) Dietetic Practice Group. Role: Content Expert. 2020 SCAN Symposium. 09/01/2018 - 07/01/2019
  • Sports Medicine (Journal). Editorial Board Member. 06/01/2018 - present
  • American College of Sports Medicine. Role: Member. Strategic Health Initiative - Obesity Committee. 05/01/2018 - present
  • American College of Sports Medicine. Role: Member. Strategic Health Initiative - Women's Committee. 05/01/2018 - present
  • American College of Sports Medicine. Role: Member. Exhibits Advisory Committee. 05/01/2018 - present
  • Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition (SCAN) Dietetic Practice Group. Role: Content Expert. 2019 SCAN Symposium Committee. 09/01/2017 - 04/30/2019
  • International Food Information Council. Role: Journal Reviewer. Journal Reviewer, Scientific Evaluation Initiative. 05/01/2017 - 09/30/2018
  • Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition (SCAN) Dietetics Practice Group. Advisory Panel Member for SCAN's Delegate to the HOD. 01/01/2017 - present
  • American College of Sports Medicine. Role: Award Committee/ Reviewer. Gail E. Butterfield Nutrition Travel Award. 01/01/2017 - present
  • Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition (SCAN) Dietetic Practice Group. Role: Content Expert. 2018 SCAN Symposium Committee. 10/01/2016 - 05/31/2018
  • Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition (SCAN) Dietetic Practice Group. Role: Pule Liaison. CV/Wellness Leadership Team. 01/01/2010 - 07/01/2018

Internal Service

  • Planning Committee for 2020 Diabetes and Metabolism Annual Symposium. Member, 01/01/2020 - present. Other service.
  • 2019 Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center Seed Grants. Reviewer, 08/18/2019 - 09/15/2019. Other service.
  • HKR Department Lab Equipment, Services, and Cost Committee . Chair, 01/01/2019 - present. Department service.
  • HKR Department Social Committee . Member, 01/01/2019 - present. Department service.
  • Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center 2019 Health Behaviors Symposium. Planning Committee Member, 01/01/2019 - 12/31/2019. Other service.
  • HKR Associate/Full Professor Position in Exercise and Disease. Search Committee Member - , 09/01/2018 - 02/29/2020. Department service.

Honors & Awards

  • Outstanding Recent Alumni Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise College of Agriculture and Life Sciences . Virginia Tech, 01/01/2020
  • Vice President’s Clinical and Translational (VPCAT) Research Scholars Program Selected scholar 2-year, competitive junior-faculty development program . University of Utah, 12/01/2019
  • Emerging Investigator 1st Author Award Research Dietetic Practice Group . Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 10/01/2019
  • Emerging Luminaries in Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism Selected attendee and presenter 2-day intimate meeting and presentations with select junior scientists and senior leaders . Indiana University - Bloomington School of Public Health, 09/01/2019
  • Top 10 Abstract Award 2017 ObesityWeek Conference Bio-Behavioral Research Section . Top Obesity Society , 10/23/2017
  • 2nd Place – Ignite Talk Competition 2017 ObesityWeek Conference Bio-Behavioral Research Section . The Obesity Society, 10/23/2017
  • The Mathematical Sciences in Obesity Short Course Scholarship . University of Alabama Birmingham - Nutrition Obesity Research Center, 06/26/2017
  • 2016 Outstanding Doctoral Student Award Recipient . Virginia Tech - College of Agriculture, 05/12/2016

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