Tricia Cox received her BS in Nutrition from the University of Texas at Austin and completed her DI and MS in Human Sciences from Stephen F. Austin State University. From 2008 until present she has worked in oncology, both inpatient and outpatient. When Mrs. Cox was Chair of the Oncology Dietetic Practice Group, the Academy and the DPG formed a research committee where she now serves as liaison between the two. Mrs. Cox has published works on nutrition for the Texas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Medical Nutrition Therapy Manual, Ovarian Cancer chapter for Oncology Nutrition in Clinical Practice, and developed an outpatient program for breast and gynecological cancers. She is currently working on making sure every cancer patient has access to a dietitian in an outpatient cancer setting.