Laurie E. Bernstein, MS, RD, FADA, FAND, is a Professor,
Department of Pediatrics, and Director of the IMD Nutrition Clinic, Section of
Clinical Genetics and Metabolism at the University of Colorado School of
Medicine, Denver; and Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colorado. Ms.
Bernstein received her undergraduate degree in Clinical Dietetics from State
University of New York, Buffalo. She received her master’s degree in
Administrative and Clinical Dietetics from New York University in New York. 
A Fellow of the American Dietetic Association and a Fellow of The Academy of
Nutrition and Dietetics, Ms. Bernstein is also a five-time recipient of the
ADA’s Creative Nutrition Education Award (1997, 2001, 2005, 2008, and 2013) for
her extensive contributions. She was presented the Children’s Choice Award for
Innovation in 2000, and the Health and Science Communication Association’s
Silver Award in 2004.  Ms. Bernstein also has a patent for low-protein
bacon which is now distributed by Taste Connections. She is a co-founder of
Metabolic University, a training forum for registered dietitians, nurses,
genetic counselors, and medical doctors and a founding member of Genetic
Metabolic Dietitians International (GMDI). She is the co-author of Penny the
Penguin Has PKU (English and Spanish), Setting Up Your Low Protein Kitchen, and
Max the Monkey has MCADD and Stepping Up Your Protein Intake.