Bonnie A. Spear, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND

Director of Nutrition

Dr. Spear is currently Professor of Pediatrics Emerita from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and has adjunct appointment in School of Public Health.  She received her BS in Food and Nutrition from Auburn University and her Master’s in clinical nutrition and her PhD in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has had over 37 years of experience working in child and adolescent nutrition.  She is widely published in the field of adolescent and pediatric nutrition.  She has been involved with HEAL since the beginning and provides expertise in the area of nutrition. She currently lives in Birmingham with her husband Roger. She has 4 grandchildren (5,4,3 and 9 months) who call her Nana. She enjoys playing with them and according to her kids, spoiling them. Since her retirement she has started playing Mah Jongg which she describes as fun and mentally challenging.