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From page 485... ... He also was active in the Biosciences Information Service as its Board Chairman, American Medical Association, American Institute of Nutrition, Institute of Food Technologists, and Food Reviews International editorial board. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Nutrition and American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of several professional organizations. Read the entire page →
From page 486... ... Atkinson was Professor of Internal Medicine and Chief of the Division of Clinical Nutrition at the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. He served 4 years in the military at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. Read the entire page →
From page 487... ... He is a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Institute of Nutrition, the American Society for Clinical Nutrition, the American Physiological Society, the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, the American Society for Neurochemistry, the Society for Neuroscience, and the Endocrine Society. Among other awards, Dr. Read the entire page →
From page 488... ... Her prior experience includes Research Fellow, Division of Endocrinology, UCLA School of Medicine and Research Fellow in Nutrition at Harvard University. In addition to reviewing for several journals, including Science, Brain Research Bulletin, Journal of Nutrition, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and Annals of InternalMedicine, she is an editorial board member of Physiology and Behavior and the Tuits Diet and Nutrition Newsletter and is a past editor-in-chief of Nutrition and Behavior. Read the entire page →
From page 489... ... He won a Research Award from the Poultry Science Association, the Mead Johnson Research Award from the American Institute of Nutrition, the Distinguished Faculty Award from Michigan State University, and the Carl R Fellers Award from the Institute of Food Technologists. Read the entire page →
From page 490... ... Wilmore has been a Spear 'Lecturer, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center; Visiting Professor of Surgery, University of Rochester; Visiting Professor, Medical College of Virginia; Visiting Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis; and Visiting Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine and New England Medical Center. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Tufts Pediatric Trauma Center; the International Editorial Committee of the Chinese Nutritional Sciences Journal, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences; and the editorial boards of Annals of Surgery and Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Read the entire page →
From page 491... ... is Program Director for the Committee on Military Nutrition Research end Deputy Director, Food end Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine. Read the entire page →
From page 492... ... is Program Officer for the Committee on Military Nutrition Research and Committee on Body Composition, Nutrition, and Health of Military Women. Prior to joining the FOB staff, she served as Project Director for the Women's health Project and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, Wright State University School of Medicine; as a behavioral health educator for a hospital-based weight management program in Dayton, Ohio; and as a research associate at The Ohio State University Biotechnology Center. Read the entire page →
From page 493... ... Army Medical Department involved the study of biochemical adaptations to exercise training, the role of nutrition in physical performance, assessment of nutritional status, and nutrition for human performance in environmental extremes, including heat, cold, and high altitude. He is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine, the American Institute of Nutrition, the American Society for Clinical Nutrition, the International Society for Mountain Medicine, and the Wilderness Medical Society. Read the entire page →
From page 494... ... IRA JACOBS is Head of the Environmental Physiology Section at the Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine (DCIEM) , a Canadian Department of National Defence research establishment. Read the entire page →
From page 495... ... LTC King received her doctoral degree in nutrition from Texas A&M University in 1990. She conducts metabolic and field research to determine the adequacy and healthfulness of the military diet fed in dining facilities and in the field, to evaluate the nutritional adequacy and effectiveness of the Army Field Feeding system in extreme environments, and to identify requirements for enhancing performance through military nutrition research. Read the entire page →
From page 496... ... Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, and holds the rank of Adjunct Professor of Health Sciences at Boston University and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Sports Biology at Springfield College. He received his Ph.D. Read the entire page →
From page 497... ... She is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society, and Sigma Xi, the scientific research society. She currently is a Research Psychologist at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University in Boston, where her work includes studying the factors responsible for age-related behavioral changes and possible amelioration of these effects with various nutritional treatments and antioxidants. Read the entire page →
From page 498... ... ANDRE L VALLERAND is a Defence Scientist at the Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine, the human performance research establishment of the Department of National Defence in Toronto, Ontario. Read the entire page →
From page 499... ... Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) , in Natick, Massachusetts, and also holds an appointment as an Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Sargen College of Allied Health Professions at Boston University. Read the entire page →

From page 485...

... He also was active in the Biosciences Information Service as its Board Chairman, American Medical Association, American Institute of Nutrition, Institute of Food Technologists, and Food Reviews International editorial board. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Nutrition and American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of several professional organizations.

B: Biographical Sketches Pages 485-500

B: Biographical Sketches
Pages 485-500