Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Director of Culinary Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, Texas, United States
Jaclyn Albin, MD, CCMS, DipABLM is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and Director of the Culinary Medicine program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Albin is board certified in lifestyle medicine and is a certified culinary medicine specialist (CCMS). She serves on the national advisory board for the CCMS program, on the research and curriculum committees of Health meets Food, and on the research and education committees for the Teaching Kitchen Collaborative. Dr. Albin is grant-funded for a trial studying the impact of virtual Culinary Medicine classes on diabetes control and studies innovative, community-based shared medical appointment models through her institutional Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA) program. She has published her work in interprofessional education in culinary medicine and community engagement.
Dr. Albin seeks to drive positive change at a population health level. Food as medicine delivers a unique opportunity to integrate the clinical, educational, research, and public health aspects of this work through the training of future healthcare professionals, delivery of innovative patient support in lifestyle behavior change, and high-quality research that uplifts the health of communities.
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Planted to Plated: A Lifestyle Medicine Culinary Experience
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
7:15 PM – 9:15 PM CT