Garner, Margaret
Margaret Garner MS, RD, LD.
Nutritionist
Associate Professor of the Department of Family Medicine
College of Community Health Sciences
The University of Alabama
Phone: (205) 348-1255
E-mail: mgarner@cchs.ua.edu
Mrs. Garner was born In Waycross, Georgia. She graduated from Georgia Southern College with a B.S. in Home Economics in 1970, and went on to get her M.S. in Nutrition with a minor in public health in 1971 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She did a post graduate traineeship in nutrition and mental retardation at the University of Tennessee Medical School in 1971.
She served as a nutritionist with the St. Louis Department of Community Health and Medical Care from 1972-1974, then became an assistant professor, in 1977 coordinating the community nutrition undergraduate program in dietetics in the School of Home Economics at the University of Alabama. She joined the College of Community Health Sciences faculty in 1979 as a professor and director of nutrition education and services.
She is the recipient of multiple honors, the most recent the Medallion award in 1999 from the American Dietetic Association for her leadership, service, and contributions to the profession. She has been active in many professional organizations throughout her career, and currently serves as the UA Faculty Senate Representative for the college. She Co-chairs the Legislative Agenda Committee whose mission is to inform faculty and staff on funding and legislation critical to the University of Alabama.
Her professional interests include diabetes, hypertension, coronary vascular disease, and eating disorders . She is married to Dr. Robert Garner, professor emeritus of chemistry. In her free time, she enjoys music, travel, tennis, and most of all her 5 boys.