Dr. Patricia A. Lynch is an associate professor and director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics at Virginia State University. She teaches nutrition and works collaboratively in a multidisciplinary research, outreach, and educational environment focusing on nutrition and health disparities in underserved populations. She has been involved in the accreditation of the Nutrition program and curriculum development, evaluation, and implementation.

Dr. Patricia A. Lynch is a Fulbright Specialist at Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Gorontalo (Ministry of Health’s Gorontalo Polytechnics of Health) in Indonesia, assigned from December 31, 2022, to January 25, 2023. The program’s objectives are to evaluate the existing curriculum, including planning, organizing, implementing, and evaluating processes in development; assist teaching staff in designing and implementing curriculum innovations, and present information on how to incorporate the workforce demands into the vocational education curriculum.