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Melissa Bales
Extension Associate
Rural Health and Nutrition Program Team
Office: 509 Westinghouse Rd, Pendleton, SC 29670
Phone: 864-986-1047
Email: mbales@clemson.edu
Educational Background
MS Applied Health Research and Evaluation
Clemson University
BS Health Science
Clemson University
Courses Taught
Health Extension for Diabetes
Know Diabetes by Heart
Growing Health
Profile
I am an Extension Associate for the Rural Health and Nutrition team serving as the Chronic Disease Prevention and Self-Management Program Co-Coordinator. I work with the programs Health Extension for Diabetes and Know Diabetes by Heart as the program fidelity coordinator and with Growing Health as the program coordinator and principle investigator. I also work to facilitate publications from within the team providing intra-team peer review and serve on the RHN blog committee to ensure quality, evidence-based publications are delivered to stakeholders. Prior to this role, I served as the RHN Agent delivering chronic disease prevention and self-management programming in Greenville, Spartanburg, and Laurens Counties.
Publications
https://hgic.clemson.edu/author/mbales/
https://blogs.clemson.edu/ruralhealth/tag/melissa-bales/
Links
Health Extension for DiabetesKnow Diabetes by Heart
Rural Health and Nutrition Blog
Rural Health and Nutrition Program Team
Extensión de Salud para la Diabetes