Julie Ann Patterson, Ph.D., MBA, RDN, LDN

Title:	Associate Professor and Didactic Program in Dietetics Director
Unit:	Nutrition and Dietetics
Office Location:	Wirtz Hall 252
Office Phone:	815-753-1918
Office Fax:	815-753-5406
Email:	jpatterson2@niu.edu
Prounous:	she/her/hers

Courses Taught

• NUTR 409: Nutrition Education for Health Promotion
• NUTR 410: Community Nutrition
• NUTR 429: Strategies for Modifying Nutrition Behaviors
• NUTR 636: Motivational Interviewing and Other Behavior Strategies in Nutrition and Dietetics

Educational Background

• Ph.D. in Nutritional Science with a minor in Population Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2018)
• MBA in Marketing, DePaul University, Chicago (2006)
• B.S. in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (Coordinated Program), University of Illinois-Chicago (2002)

Research Interests

• Health care practices that influence breastfeeding outcomes
• Infant feeding/breastfeeding
• Dissemination and Implementation Science
• Program evaluation

Professor Patterson was recently invited to interview with the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation. View the video.

Professor Patterson is featured in NIU's Experts Guide.

Publications

Hall MM, Patterson J.A., MacMillan Uribe AL, Simon L, Eglash AR, Standish KR. Building breastfeeding knowledgeable health systems: Focus groups with physician leaders. PloS one. 2026;21(5):e0350146.

Theurich MA, Eglash A, Miller D, Dubelier M, Macaluso L, Macaluso A, Krauska A, Simon L, Rothstein JD, Uhr S, Patterson J.A. (2025). Perspectives on Breast Pump Experiences: Findings from a U.S. National Cross-Sectional Survey. Breastfeed Med. 2025. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41338883.

Patterson, J. A. , Rothstein, J. D., Keuler, N. S., & Yamamae, K. T. (2025). Evaluating an Adapted Professional Breastfeeding Support Program Targeting a Multidisciplinary Team Working in Community and Health Care Settings. Health Promotion Practice, 0(0), 15248399251350635.

Peña, A., Barnsfather, Z., Miller, A. M., Alvarado, A., Reinoso, D., Klitzman, M., Neeley, A. M., Linares, A. M., Harkov, K., Phillips, T., Santiago, A., Spencer, C., Betti, F., Patterson, J. A., Casanova, I., Baquerizo, K., Snow, K., Mays, A. M., Lopez, S.,…Holden, R. J. (2025). Co-creating and Mapping an Exclusive Breastfeeding Framework among Latino Populations in the United States: An Integrated Framework Adaptation Process and Scoping Review. Adv Nutr, 16(9), 100483.

Uribe, A. L. M., & Patterson, J. (2023). Are Nutrition Professionals Ready for Artificial Intelligence? Journal of nutrition education and behavior, 55(9), 623.

MacMillan-Uribe, L. DiFilippo, K., Jarnell, K., Patterson, J. (2023) Evaluation of commercially-available infant-feeding applications using App Quality Evaluation Tool. Journal Nutrition Education Behavior, 55(8), 604-611.

Lamps, K., Muzaffar, H., Prange, N., Patterson, J., Hein, A. (2023) Qualitative evaluation of university students’ experience delivering the catch program in elementary schools. Canadian Journal of Dietetic P ractice and R esearch, 84 (4), 218–225.

Patterson, J.A., Keuler, N.S., Buckingham, WR. (2021) Differences in Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates in US hospitals according to Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative designation and Area Deprivation Index category. Breastfeed Med .

Patterson, J. A., Keuler, N. S., Eglash, A. R., and Olson, B. H. (2019). Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion Program: Breastfeeding Support in Primary Care. Breastfeed Med.

Patterson, JA, Keuler, N.S., Olson, B.H., The Relationship between Maternity Practices and Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates in US Hospitals . Maternal and Child Nutr. September 2018; (In press)

Patterson, J.A., Keuler, N.S., Olson, B.H., The Effect of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative on Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates in US Hospitals. Maternal and Child Nutr. February 2018; 14(3): e12589 (In press)