Staff Directory
- Title:
- Sports Dietitian Fellow
ASSIGNMENTS–Baseball, Softball, Swimming & Diving
Carissa Calderwood, MCN, RD joined the University of Pittsburgh Department of Athletics in June 2025 as a Sports Nutrition Fellow. Calderwood is responsible for baseball, softball, and men’s and women’s swimming and diving. She will assist with men’s soccer and women’s volleyball.
Calderwood offers team nutrition education as well as one-on-one nutrition counseling. Additional services she provides to the student-athletes include body composition assessments and interpretation, grocery store tours, cooking demos, supplement education, and hydration testing.
Prior to Pitt, Calderwood earned her Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science with a minor in Sport and Recreation Management in May 2023. She recently obtained her Master’s in Clinical Nutrition from the Roy and Lucille J. Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa in May 2025. Calderwood completed her supervised practice hours at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and with the Iowa Sports Nutrition Department. During her time at Iowa, she spent five years with the Iowa Women’s Softball team as a student manager, gaining hands-on experience as a support staff member.
Calderwood is a native of Traer, Iowa.
