Cade Fields-Gardner, M.S., R.D., L.D., C.D.

Cade Fields-Gardner is a registered dietician specializing in HIV. She is Director of Services for The Cutting Edge, an organization dedicated to addressing nutrition-related issues in HIV through research, education, training and patient care. She is also a regular consultant for the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trial Group (PACTG) and selected Adult ACTG projects, for which she provides training and body-composition recommendations.

In addition to these commitments, Ms. Fields-Gardner also provides training, education, research and program development services for public agencies, professional organizations, health facilities and industry. She has authored professional research and review articles, including: the 1994 and 2000 Position Paper for nutritional management in HIV/AIDS for the American Dietetic Associations and Dietitians of Canada; patient-oriented pamphlets, handouts, and articles; a Clinician's Guidebook on Nutritional Management in HIV/AIDS; two books on HIV Medication Interactions; and her current project, a cookbook for patients in the era of HAART.

Today, Ms. Fields-Gardner's work focuses on field-testing nutritional management guidelines for pediatric HIV-infected patients in the United States. She is also working with the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health to develop, implement and monitor nutritional projects for HIV-infected and affected people in selected Southern African and Central American countries. She has a special interest in public policy on HIV infection and has presented her work on nutrition-related issues in HIV locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.

Ms. Fields-Gardner earned her Master of Science degree from San Jose State University. She was trained as an HIV nutrition specialist at San Francisco General Hospital and St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City.