Laura S. SIMS, PhD, MPH, RD
war Dean of the School of Human Environmental Sciences; University of North Carolina, Greensboro (ab August 2000); davor:
Professor of Human Nutrition and Affiliate Professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland, College Park; dort auch
Dean of the College of Human Ecology from 1988 to 1992.
Von 1986-1988 - Administrator - Human Nutrition Information Service (USDA)
Davor: Ab 1976-1986  Penn State University, wurde dort Professor of Nutrition in Public Health.
In 1998-99 on sabbatical -  Tufts University’s Center on Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition Policy.
Sie war 1997-1998 President of the Society for Nutrition Education for the 1997-98; von 1985-88 Editor for the Journal of Nutrition Education
Bekanntes Buch: The Politics of Fat: Food and Nutrition Policy in America (1998, M.E. Sharpe),
Projekte - z.B. ”National Assessment of Extension’s Food and Nutrition Programs,” “Implementing Consumer Right-to-Know Provisions of the Food Quality Protection Act,” )

Wichtige frühe Publikationen:
Sims,LS; Paolucci, B., Morris, PM: A theoretical model for the study of nutritional status: An ecosystem Approach. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 1(3) 197-205 (1972) (im Archiv) (chart)

J Nutr. Educ 33; Suppl.1, 2001; Thema Evaluierung von Ernährungsprojekten - Beispiele von sozial –ökologischen Modellen (Datei im Archiv - SIMS JNutrEducaSuppl2003Environment)