Penn Nursing’s Colleen Tewksbury, an assistant professor in nutrition science in the department of biobehavioral health sciences, was recently awarded the 2024 Keystone Award from the Pennsylvania Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (PAND). She received the award at the group’s annual meeting and exhibition in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on April 14, 2024.

The Keystone Award recognizes  Pennsylvania dietitians who have, through leadership ability, demonstrated exemplary professional standards to serve and advance the aims of PAND. It is presented to a maximum of two members of PAND Pennsylvania each year.

Dr. Tewksbury also has a secondary appointment as an assistant professor of nursing in surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine. Her previous roles at Penn for the past decade have included serving as a weight management dietitian, bariatric program coordinator, bariatric program manager, and senior research investigator. Dr. Tewksbury has received more than ten scholarships and awards from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and has served in multiple leadership positions for the academy, as well as for American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.