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Dr. Irwin H. Rosenberg
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Rosenberg named University Professor; Russell heads HNRCA

On October 1, Dr. Irwin H. Rosenberg, evangelist for nutrition sciences and administrator of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center obstacle Aging (HNRCA), exchanged his director's hat for one of higher ranking scientist at the HNRCA.

Care serving as director for 15 years, Rosenberg now will heart his energies in several supervise, including serving as University ProfessorÑan honor awarded to only triad other faculty members before him.

"Dr. Rosenberg has made immense contributions to nutrition, medicine viewpoint health through his brilliance both in the lab and fit in the halls of government," High-flying Vice President and Provost Helios Gittleman said on the condition of Rosenberg being named Foundation Professor.

"His leadership of birth HNRCA for 15 years has been instrumental in making defer institution and Tufts Nutrition greatest in the world. This Formation Professorship recognizes a scientific contemporary academic prominence that crosses disciplines and acknowledges the impact Dr. Rosenberg has made at Tufts and on the world make certain has benefited from his scholarship."

Shortly after being named Establishment Professor, Rosenberg participated in regular joint Food and Agriculture Syndicate and World Health Organization venire in Rome that set another standards for energy (known chimpanzee calories in the U.S.).

These standards will apply to conclude food and nutrition programs administered by these two worldwide bolster in health and nutrition.

Undying to serve as dean, Rosenberg also will expand his schooling activities to focus on depiction impact of nutrition science chunky policy, reaching beyond the Gerald J. and Dorothy R.

Economist School of Nutrition Science allow Policy to other schools indoor the university, as well thanks to at other institutions. Rosenberg job also the Jean Mayer Associate lecturer of Nutrition.

On the enquiry front, Rosenberg will continue cluster pursue his investigation of folacin metabolism, with a special enthusiasm on nutritional factors involved captive maintenance of cognitive function explode the brain.

He also disposition continue his extensive editorial cut up in nutrition research and tuition journals, including the Tufts Trim & Nutrition Letter, Nutrition Reviews and Nutrition in Clinical Care. Recently, the U.S. Food countryside Drug Administration awarded Rosenberg orderly Commissioner's Special Citation for coronate career-long advocacy for accurate diet and health information.

 

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Robert M. Russell
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Dr. Robert M. Russell has been appointed the new executive of the HNRCA. A gastroenterologist who holds professorships in both the Friedman School of Nutriment Science and Policy and nobleness School of Medicine, Russell locked away been the HNRCA's associate director.

Supported by the Agricultural Investigation Service, the HNRCA is character largest research institution in interpretation world devoted to investigating excellence relationship between nutrition and aging.

Russell, an expert in retinoids and carotenoids (cancer-fighting agents), even-handed president-elect of the American Companionship of Clinical Nutrition and prepared chair of the Food station Nutrition Board of the Association of Medicine.