Extension Educator Screens Connecticut Newborns for Metabolic Disorders

Extension Educator Sherry Gray divides her time between educational outreach in community nutrition and clinical nutrition, where she works with patients who have metabolic disorders. As a faculty member in UConn Extension, she provides programs in food and general nutrition and supervises the federally funded Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program for Hartford County, helping […]

Extension Educator Sherry Gray divides her time between educational outreach in community nutrition and clinical nutrition, where she works with patients who have metabolic disorders. As a faculty member in UConn Extension, she provides programs in food and general nutrition and supervises the federally funded Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program for Hartford County, helping low-income families learn about healthy eating, shopping on a budget, cooking and physical activity. And, funded by the Connecticut Department of Public Health and the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Gray tracks and treats metabolic disorders in Connecticut newborns.

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