Rutgers University Athletics

Tasha Tavares joined the Rutgers Athletics Sports Nutrition Department ahead of the 2023-24 academic year.  
 
Tavares, who previously earned a Master's Degree from Rutgers, returned to RU from the University of Michigan. She spent the previous academic year with the Big Ten school as a Gatorade Sports Nutrition Immersion Program Fellow. While in Ann Arbor, she supported the Michigan wrestling, cheer, dance, and both men's and women's basketball programs. She also traveled with the wrestling team to support refueling post weigh-ins and optimal performance nutrition and recovery. Tavares also spent over a year as a Per Diem Sports Dietitian with RWJBH Cooperman Barnabas, based out of Livingston, N.J.  

She earned a Master's of Science in Clinical Nutrition from the Rutgers University School of Health Professions in Newark. While at Rutgers, she spent time as a Sports Nutrition Dietetic Intern within the Rutgers Sports Nutrition department.  
 
Tavares graduated from the University of Massachusetts - Lowell in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences and a Minor in Public Health. As an undergraduate, she worked as a student researcher and student intern providing nutritional counseling to ROTC cadets.