Curious About the CNS Path After UB? You’re in the Right Place.

If you're earning or have completed your MS in Nutrition at the University of Bridgeport, you've already built a strong academic foundation for a career in personalized nutrition. Your program’s emphasis on clinical practice, functional nutrition, and evidence-based care aligns closely with the competencies required to become a Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS).

To keep your momentum going, sign up for the University of Bridgeport version of our CNS Launchpad course. This self-paced course walks you through how to track your 1,000 supervised hours, helps you identify any remaining coursework you may need, and outlines the exact steps to qualify for and earn the CNS credential.

At Clinician’s Incubator, we specialize in supporting UB grads as they bridge the gap between graduate education and national board certification—so you can confidently launch your career in private practice, group care, or integrative clinical settings.

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Here’s How You’ll Earn Your 1,000 CNS Supervised Hours:

University of Bridgeport students document approximately 250 observational hours during their virtual clinic class.

Most people in Signature Supervision get around 100 direct hours with supervisor.

For your remaining hours, you get to choose. You can either:

Bring your own clients (DIY package)
Have us provide an average of 250 direct hours of client work (Confidence Package)
Have us provide an average of 450 direct hours of client work (Done For You Package)

With your remaining hours, you can see clients 1:1, provide nutrition education for groups, as well as many other options.

Best for CNS candidates who are raring to go with their own thriving private practice. This is also a great option for people that work in another provider’s office, or have a busy job at WIC or SNAP seeing clients.
This option is best if you know you want to bring some of your own clients, but you’d also like the support of having some clients provided.
This is a great option if you want the majority of your direct client hours to be provided for you. With the remaining 200 hours, you can provide group nutrition education to local organizations, see clients, and so much more!

Sign up for a free info session today. We’ll walk through your options, and discuss which plan is best for you.

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Resources for UB Students and Grads

CNS Test Prep Mini Course

Get our free mini course that helps you strategize your approach to studying the topics you likely didn’t get in school. We’ll review Genomics, Herbs and Botanicals, and Food Safety as well as give you a general guide to studying for the exam.

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CNS Launchpad

This courses includes an overview of hours - how to get them, and how to track them.

We also include our best advice to get the coursework you might be missing to sit for the CNS exam.

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Study Tips If You’re Still in School

If you want THE BEST way to efficiently keep notes for when you actually practice clinical nutrition, download our guide now (there is a video explainer link inside the spreadsheet).

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Meet Your CNS Supervisors

Liz Abel MS MA CNS LDN

Liz is an integrative and functional nutritionist who helps women resolve unwanted symptoms such as sleep difficulties, digestive troubles, migraines/headaches, and hormone imbalances. Liz uses Intuitive Eating and practical approach to help her overscheduled, overworked clients return to feeling great. As a second career nutritionist, Liz leverages 20 years of communication, marketing and behavior change expertise. Liz began her private practice in 2012 as a health coach. In 2018 and 2019, Liz opened and ran an Integrative Health Center in Wilmington, Delaware. And in 2020, timed perfectly with the pandemic, Liz returned to her small private practice where she continues to see clients virtually. She is also adjunct faculty at Maryland University of Integrative Health. Learn more about Liz and her private practice at freeandabel.com.
Meg Bowman MS MA CNS LDN CHES

For Meg Bowman, nutrition is a vocation. She's quietly (sometimes loudly) disruptive of diet culture BS, and enjoys helping her clients and supervisees find their power. She sees clients with eating behavior, mental health, and GI challenges using a weight inclusive functional medicine lens. In her job as co-founder and clinical supervisor at Clinician's Incubator, she provides case consultations and mentoring for nutrition professionals. She loves dogs, books, and tea, as well as a good joke and well placed swear word. Learn more about Meg here, and find her on Facebook @nutritionhive and on Instagram @nutritionhive.heath.
Alyson Roux MS MFA CNS LDN

Alyson is a clinical nutritionist who specializes in working with healing relationship to food and eating disorders, mental health, related gastrointestinal conditions, as well as fertility support for those in recovery from ED. With her background working in the arts and entertainment industry, Alyson has special interest in working with artists and health behaviors. In addition to her private nutrition therapy practice in Los Angeles, Alyson is adjunct faculty at Maryland University of Integrative Health. Alyson has presented on health education and nutrition topics at Actor's Fund, SAG-AFTRA, PGA, Dance Resource Center, and the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals Annual Symposium. For more information about Alyson's private practice, visit alysonroux.com.
Ashley Comparin MS CNS LDN

Ashley graduated with a MS in Nutrition from American University and is currently working as a clinical nutritionist at Nutrition Hive as well as her work helping supervisees at Clinician’s Incubator understand the nuts and bolts of the Supervised Practice Experience to become a CNS. Ashley specializes in gut health, intuitive eating, and sports nutrition and enjoys photography, cooking, and hiking in her free time.
Amber Pawula-Marcin MS CNS LDN

Amber Pawula-Marcin is a clinical nutritionist specializing in metabolic and GI conditions. Her clients at Nutrition Hive rely heavily on her skilled research chops, and her ability to translate that research into actionable steps using skills mastered in her prior career as a health coach and chef. In her free time, you’ll find Amber in the kitchen creating delicious dishes for family and friends.
Stephanie Thompson, MS CNS LDN

Stephanie is a functional nutritionist who enjoys helping women find answers to questions like “What the heck is going on with my hormones?”, “Why does everything I eat make me feel crappy?”, and “Am I just going to be exhausted and achy for the rest of my life?”. Her life-long career as a classical musician informs her clinical work, wherein she combines years of experience performing, teaching, and coaching with a strong belief in the art and science of nutrition. For more information about her private practice, where she helps clients struggling with hormone imbalances, GI distress, autoimmune conditions, and general wellness, visit wellwellwellnola.com.
Aaron Mlnarik MS CNS LDN

Aaron is a clinical nutritionist with a specialty in integrative and functional medicine nutrition. Aaron earned his masters in human nutrition from the University of Bridgeport and has worked collaboratively with functional medicine practitioners treating patients with autoimmune conditions, chronic and degenerative diseases, genetic disorders, and those seeking anti-aging, preventive, and general wellness therapies. At Clinician’s Incubator, Aaron provides comprehensive CNS test preparation.