Alison Steiber, PhD, RD, LD
Assistant Professor
Director, Coordinated Dietetic Internship/Master
Degree Program
Department of Nutrition
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Dr. Alison Steiber is a registered dietitian and assistant professor in the Department of
Nutrition at Case Western Reserve University where she is the Director of the Coordinated
Dietetic Internship/Master’s Degree Program. Dr. Steiber received her bachelor’s degree at
Minnesota State University, in Mankato, MN; completed her dietetic internship and
master’s degree at The University of Kansas Medical Center and later a PhD in Nutrition at
Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI.
Dr. Steiber was responsible for coordinating the Subjective Global Assessment Consensus
Conference in 2003, was president of the Cleveland Dietetic Association in 2007-2008, and
is currently a member of the National Board for the Commission on Accreditation for
Dietetic Education for the American Dietetic Association. In 2008, Dr. Steiber received the
Joel Kopple Award from the National Kidney Foundation and was awarded the American
Dietetic Association Foundation’s first research grant in renal disease.
Dr. Steiber has written numerous research publications and has spoken at local, national
and international meetings. She is an active member of the American Dietetic Association
and the National Kidney Foundation; is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Renal
Nutrition; and is a reviewer for the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Kidney
International, and Journal of the American Dietetic Association.