Teresa Patten joined the staff as a sports dietitian for the Vanderbilt football program in June 2023, a role in which she also oversees the nutrition programming for the Commodore track and field team as well.

She served the previous year as a sports nutrition fellow in Liberty, where she worked with the football, men’s and women’s tennis programs. Patten also has experience as a clinical dietitian for St. Peter’s Health in Helena, Montana, virtually assisting with the organization’s diabetes prevention program.

Patten majored in both food and nutrition and health and human performance at Montana State, receiving her undergraduate degree in 2020. She competed a dietetic internship with the school in 2021, and has since added a master’s degree in nutrition from St. Joseph (Conn.) in 2023.

Patten is a member of the Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association, Sports and Human Performance Nutrition and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.