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Denise Busby serves as an Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Health and Human Performance at Kean University, teaching HED 3600 – Nutrition and ID 1225 – Critical Issues in Health from her office in Hennings Hall Room 434.
Her academic foundation includes an M.Ed. in Health Professions Education and a B.S. in Foods and Nutrition from Rutgers University, establishing expertise in clinical nutrition and health education frameworks.
Research centers on the critical intersection of nutrition with mental health disorders and chronic diseases, particularly examining comorbid schizophrenia and diabetes. Her work advocates for interdisciplinary care models integrating nutritional interventions with psychiatric support to address metabolic complications in severe mental illness.
Her 2013 co-authored publication in the International Diabetes Journal analyzes clinical challenges through a review and case study, highlighting gaps in diabetes education for schizophrenia patients and proposing tailored nutritional strategies for dual-diagnosis management.
