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title: "Research & Credentials"
description: "Explore the education, professional credentials, clinical training, and published research behind Harborview Nutrition's evidence-based nutrition counseling."
url: https://harborview-nutrition.carcin.app/research-credentials
type: credentials
updated: 2026-09-10
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# Science matters. So does knowing how to apply it.

Research & credentials

## Science matters. So does knowing how to apply it.

Nutrition advice is easy to find. Qualified, evidence-based nutrition guidance is something different. Good nutrition guidance begins with good science—graduate-level education, extensive supervised clinical experience, professional certification, and published academic research.

![Maya Ellison adding fresh herbs to a pot at her kitchen island](https://harborview-nutrition.carcin.app/assets/img/C1_03108-1400.jpg)

## You should know who you’re trusting with your nutrition.

- **Licensed Dietitian.** Professional licensure reflects formal education, supervised experience, examination, and the standards required to provide nutrition care within scope of practice.
- **Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN).** A national credential requiring an accredited graduate degree, a supervised dietetic internship, and a registration examination.
- **Certified Health and Wellness Coach.** Knowing what to eat is rarely the hard part. Coaching training shapes how each plan is built around your real routines.
- **Master of Science.** Graduate-level nutrition education, plus extensive supervised clinical experience with adults across a wide range of nutrition and wellness concerns.
- **Published Researcher.** Contributing to published research strengthened my appreciation for both the science behind nutrition and the responsibility involved in translating it accurately.
- **Clinical Dietitian.** Six years in outpatient nutrition at a community hospital in southern Maine—because a plan only works when it fits the person in front of you.

Featured research

## Published work on fiber and blood sugar

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This is the practice’s strongest authority asset and is worth completing before launch.

## Nutrition advice should be grounded in more than opinion.

If that’s what you’re looking for, let’s talk.