Dr. Bernstein received her RD after completing a coordinated nutrition program at Syracuse University. After working as a clinical dietitian in the Boston area, she then went on to complete her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at Tufts University Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy in Boston, MA. Her graduate studies at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging focused on Nutritional Biochemistry and Exercise Physiology with a concentration on Geriatrics. Dr. Bernstein's thesis research merged these fields as she investigated the effects of diet and physical activity on the overall health and well-being of older adults. While in graduate school, Dr. Bernstein worked as an adjunct professor and a consulting dietitian in private practice. After graduating in 1994, Dr. Bernstein relocated to Cincinnati OH, where she continued teaching both traditional and online nutrition courses. In 2006, Dr Bernstein joined the faculty at Rosalind Franklin University as an Assistant Professor. She is the senior-editor of a new geriatric nutrition textbook, Nutrition for the Older Adult and co-author of two introductory nutrition textbooks, Nutrition and Discovering Nutrition. Dr. Bernstein currently lives in Cincinnati, OH with her husband and five children.