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Dr. Sandra Bastin, RDN, LD has served as Chair of the Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition since September 2011.  She is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist and Certified Culinary Educator. Dr. Bastin provides leadership by empowering faculty to provide innovative student learning experiences, research and scholarly opportunities and Extension programming and outreach, while maximizing resources and collaborative capacity with internal and external stakeholders.  Dr. Bastin also works as an Extension Food and Nutrition Specialist providing leadership, technical expertise, program development, research and grant writing support in nutrition, diet and health; food safety; food preservation; and entrepreneurial food manufacturing for Cooperative Extension Agents and fellow Kentuckians.  Dr. Bastin is a two-time University of Kentucky Wethington Award winner and recipient of the University of Kentucky Faculty Futures Award.  She has been named Outstanding New Specialist and received an Outstanding New Project Award (2010, 2017) and Outstanding New Program Award (2014) by the Association of Kentucky Extension Specialists.  In 2011, she was named Kentucky Dietetic Association Outstanding Dietetic Educator of the Year.  In 2017, she was named a Southeastern Conference Academic Leadership Development Fellow. She is actively involved with several professional organizations and consistently volunteers for several food-related area projects and church-related endeavors.