National Nutrition Month: Q&A with Sin You (Amu) Wan
To celebrate National Nutrition Month, the registered dietitian nutritionists who recently joined UNT Health answered five questions about their own journeys in nutrition and hopes for the nascent program.
Registered Dietitian Nutritionists are the food and nutrition experts credentialed by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. In 2026, UNT Health will welcome its first cohort of 30 students into our clinical nutrition program.
Sin Yu (Amy) Wan, MS, RD, LD, CAHIMS
Assistant Professor
What inspired you to join the UNT Health community?
UNT Health’s core values strongly align with my own, and I am excited to contribute to that mission while supporting excellence in health education and service.
What part of your work are you most passionate about?
I am mostly passionate about advancing dietetics education and ensuring students are well-prepared for an evolving health care landscape.
How do you hope to contribute to shaping our students and the broader community?
I hope to instill in my students a commitment to lifelong learning and a drive to pursue evidence-based knowledge. I aim to share my experience in interprofessional collaboration and health infomatics to prepare students for team-based, evidence-driven care. I would like to continue to promote a comprehensive, systems-based approach to chronic disease prevention and community health improvement.
What experiences have shaped your approach to working in higher education?
I have always been deeply passionate about continuous program development in dietetics education. My previous role developed a simulation-based learning environment along with the development of a standardized patient program at a higher education setting reinforced my commitment to experiential, competency-based education that prepares students for real-world practice.
Additionally, my experiences in clinical nutrition, population health, and integrating social determinants of health data with the focus of food as medicine further strengthen my curriculum design. Collectively, these experiences reflect my commitment to dietetics education, interprofessional collaboration, mentorship, and community impact.
What are you most excited to explore or accomplish in your first year here?
In my first year, I am most excited to deepen my expertise and ensure I am fully up to date with current and upcoming guidelines from Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics, or ACEND. Staying aligned with accreditation standards is essential to maintaining program quality and preparing students for professional success.
I am also eager to strengthen the integration of interprofessional education and simulation-based learning within the dietetics curriculum. By incorporating best practices in team-based care and experiential learning, I hope to further enhance student engagement, clinical reasoning, and collaboration skills.
Learn more about our faculty and the Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition.