Professor of Extension, Health, Home and Family Development Agent

University affiliation

• Cooperative Extension Service

Contact information

• Email: lashallcross@alaska.edu
• Phone: (907) 474-2426

Media contact

Julie Stricker

• Phone: (907) 474-5406
• Email: jestricker2@alaska.edu

Areas of expertise

• Biomedicine and health
• Food science

Research interests/biography

Leslie Shallcross is a registered dietitian with a career in public health promotion and disease prevention programs. Areas of expertise include public health, nutrition through the lifecycle, diabetes prevention and control, food preservation, food security and food safety. She coordinates and offers statewide community-based programs in diabetes prevention and the self-management of diabetes and chronic disease.