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Nadia Markie Sneed PhD, MSN, RN, APRN, FNP-BC
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Bio
Dr. Nadia Markie Sneed is a postdoctoral fellow under the primary mentorship of Dr. William Heerman, MD, MPH, in the Department of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Dr. Mariann Piano PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing.
She completed her doctoral training at the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) in the School of Nursing where she was awarded the Blazer Fellowship through the UAB Graduate School and the Graduate Teaching Fellowship through the UAB School of Nursing. Her dissertation focused on examining the associations between added sugar consumption and prediabetes risk in U.S. adults using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
As part of her post-doctoral training, Dr. Sneed aims to develop a program of research that focuses on the development and implementation of family-centered and community-based dietary lifestyle interventions for prediabetes management and multi-generational prevention of type 2 diabetes.
Dr. Sneed's postdoctoral fellowship is funded through the Vanderbilt Patient/ pRactice Outcomes Research in Effectiveness and Systems Science (PROgRESS) T32 Program supported by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (PI: Christianne Roumie) and through the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing.
Education
- PhD, University of Alabama, Birmingham
- MSN, Samford University
- BSN, Samford University
- BS Nutrition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Current Research/Scholarly Interests
- Type 2 Diabetes Prevention in Families
- Dietary Interventions
- Childhood Obesity Prevention
- Food as Medicine for Diabetes Prevention
Grants
Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Feasibility Grant, (Sneed, PI, 07/27/2022-06/30/2023, Direct Costs: $9,993). Title: Whole Diabetes: A Precision Nutrition Approach of a Family-Centered Whole Foods Diet in Adults with Prediabetes and their Offspring. Objective: Design and test the feasibility and acceptability of a 2-week family-centered whole foods diet intervention for adults with non-pharmacologically managed prediabetes and their biological offspring.
Representative Publications
Journals
Sneed NM, Azuero A, Moss J, Goss AM, Morrison SA. Total added sugar consumption is not significantly associated with risk for prediabetes among U.S. adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2013-2018. PLoS One.
Heerman, W.J., Sneed N.M., E.C., Truesdale, K.P., Matheson, D., Noerper, T.E., Samuels, L.R., and Barkin, S.L. Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and BMI-Z Among Children from Predominantly Low-Income Households and Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups. Pediatric Obesity. 2023;e13037. doi:10.1111/ijpo.130372023;18(6):e0286759. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0286759
Sneed NM, Ukwuani, S., Sommer, E.C., Samuels, L.R., Truesdale, K.P., Matheson, D., Noerper, T.E., Barkin, S.L., and Heerman, W.J. Reliability and Validity of Assigning Ultra-Processed Food Categories to 24-Hour Dietary Recall Data Collected Using the Nutrition Data System for Research (NDS-R). American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2023/01/01/ 2023;117(1):182-190. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut. 2022.10.016
Sneed, N.M., Azuero, A., and Morrison, S.A. Prediabetes awareness is not associated with reduced consumption of self-reported added sugar in U.S. adults. Annals of Epidemiology. 2022/08/27/ 2022;doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.08.039
Sneed, N. M., & Morrison, S. A. (2021). Body Composition Methods in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes or at Risk for T2D: a Clinical Review. Current Diabetes Reports, 21(5), 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11892-021-01381-9
Morrison, S. A., Fazeli, P. L., Gower, B., Willig, A. L., Younger, J., Sneed, N. M., & Vance, D. E. (2020). Cognitive effects of a ketogenic diet on neurocognitive impairment in adults aging with HIV: a pilot study. The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care: JANAC, 31(3), 312.
Sneed, N. M., Patrician, P. A., & Morrison, S. A. (2019). Influences of added sugar consumption in adults with type 2 diabetes risk: A principle-based concept analysis. Nursing Forum, 54(4), 698-706. https://doi.org/10.1111/nuf.12399
Morrison, S. A., Fazeli, P. L., Gower, B., Younger, J., Willig, A., Sneed, N. M., & Vance, D. E. (2018). The ketogenic diet as a non-pharmacological treatment for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder: A descriptive analysis. Journal of psychiatry and behavioral science, 3, 1014. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30957096
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6448787/
Representative Presentations
Sneed, N.M., Piano, M., Van Wyk, C., Turner, H., and Heerman, W. Study Protocol: Feasibility of a Whole Foods Dietary Guidelines-Based Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention in High-Risk Families. Poster presentation at the 2023 American Society of Nutrition Conference (Boston, MA). July, 2023
Sneed, N.M., Piano, M., Van Wyk, C., Turner, H., and Heerman, W. Whole Foods for Families: A Feasibility Pilot of a Dietary Guidelines-Based Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention. Oral presentation at the 29th Annual AHRQ NRSA Trainees Research Conference (virtual). April, 2023.
Heerman W, Sommer E, Samuels L, Matheson D, Truesdale K, Sneed N.M., Barkin S. Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Early Childhood BMI-Z Score. Oral Presentation at The Obesity Society Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. November 2022.
Sneed, N.M., Ukwuani, S., Sommer, E.C., Samuels, L.R., Truesdale, K.P., Matheson, D., Noerper, T.E., Barkin, S.L., and Heerman, W.J. Reliability and validity of assigning ultra-processed food categories to 24-hour dietary recall data collected using the Nutrition Data System for Research (NDS-R). June 2022. Poster presentation at the 2022 American Society of Nutrition Conference (virtual).
Sneed, N.M., Heerman, W.J., Shaw, P.A., Han, K., Chen, T., Bian, A., Pugh, S., Duda, S., Lumley, T., and Shepherd, B.E. (May 2022) Associations between gestational weight gain, gestational diabetes, and childhood obesity incidence: a retrospective cohort study. Oral presentation at the 28th Annual AHRQ NRSA Trainees Research Conference (virtual).
Sneed, N.M., Kelley, R., Turner, H., Piano, M., Van Wyk, C., Adams, L.B, and Heerman, W. Feasibility of a Whole Foods Diet Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention in Families. Poster presentation at the Vanderbilt Symposium on Implementation Research in the Learning Health System, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN. May 2023
Sneed, N.M., Ukwuani, S., Sommer, E.C., Samuels, L.R., Truesdale, K.P., Matheson, D., Noerper, T.E., Barkin, S.L., and Heerman, W.J. (May 2022) Reliability and validity of assigning ultra-processed food categories to 24-hour dietary recall data collected using the Nutrition Data System for Research (NDS-R). Poster presentation at the Vanderbilt Symposium on Implementation Research in the Learning Health System, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN. May 2022
Sneed, N.M., Azuero, A., Morrison, S.A. (June 2021). Added sugar consumption is not relevantly associated with an increased odds of prediabetes in U.S. adults. Poster presentation at the 2021 American Society of Nutrition Conference, Virtual Conference.
Sneed, N. M., Morrison, S.A., and Pavela, G. (March 2021). Prediabetes awareness and healthcare provider screening practices in overweight and obese U.S. adults. Top Ten Student oral/poster presentation at the Southern Nursing Research Society 34rd Annual Conference, Virtual Conference.
Sneed, N.M., Morrison, S.A., and Pavela, G. (March 2019). Consumption of added sugar among U.S. adults who are aware and unaware of their prediabetes status. Poster presentation at the Endocrine Society Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Sneed, N. M., Callahan, ML; Martin, S; Bowman, R; Rodgers, S; Morrison, SA; Garvey, WT; Chandler-Laney, PC. (May 2019). Women with a history of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) do not consume a healthier diet compared to women without a history of GDM. Poster presentation at the University of Alabama, Birmingham Diabetes Research Day 10th Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL.
Sneed, N. M., Morrison, S.A., and Pavela, G. (February 2019). Added sugar consumption by age, sex, and race in U.S. adults who are aware of their prediabetes status. Podium/poster presentation at the Southern Nursing Research Society 33rd Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
Morrison, S. A. and Sneed, N. M. (June 2017). Associations of U.S. adult consumption of dietary fat and sugar on obesity and cardiometabolic disorders: Where do we go from here? Oral presentation at the American Association of Nurse Practitioners National Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Reviewer
- American Journal of Preventative Medicine
- Nursing Forum
Professional Organizations
Leadership Roles:
- Early Career Representative: Climate/Environmental Change, Health, Agriculture, and Improved Nutrition Research Interest Section- American Society of Nutrition, 1/2023- present
- Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Association Symposium Planning Committee Member, Vanderbilt University, 2022-2023
- Scholarly Development Co-chair- Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Association, Vanderbilt University 2022-2023
- Early Career Representative: Community Health Nutrition Research Interest Section- American Society of Nutrition, 9/2021- 7/2023
- Treasurer- Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Association, Vanderbilt University 2021-2022
- Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Association Symposium Planning Committee Member, Vanderbilt University, 2021-2022
- Chair: Community and Public Health/Health Promotion Research Interest Group- Southern Nursing Research Society, 2020-2021
- Co-chair: Community and Public Health/Health Promotion Research Interest Group- Southern Nursing Research Society, 2019-2020
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners (2012-present)
- American Society for Nutrition (2017-present)
- Southern Nursing Research Society (2018-present)
- Society of Behavioral Medicine (2022-Present)
- The Obesity Society (2017-present)
Honors/Awards
- National Institutes of Health, Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program Award Recipient - National Institutes of Nursing Research (NINR). July 2023-June 2025
- National Institutes of Health- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (T32-5T32HS026122-04, Roumie, PI). Learning Health Systems training program: PROgRESS- Patient/pRactice Outcomes and Research in Effectiveness and Systems Science.
- Nutrition Leadership Academy Trainee (nominated position)- American Society of Nutrition, 10/2022
- Leadership Academy (nominated position)- Southern Nursing Research Society, 1/2021-8/2022
- American Society of Nutrition-Family Travel Grant Award, June 2021 (University of Alabama Birmingham)
- Alabama Nurses Foundation Academic Scholarship, April 2020 (University of Alabama Birmingham)
- Top 10 Oral/Poster Student Presentation, Southern Nursing Research Society (University of Alabama Birmingham). 2021
- Jarman F. Lowder Scholarship in Nursing Travel Award, February 2020 (University of Alabama Birmingham)
