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- Ausman, Lynne M.
- Bermudez, Odilia I.
- Block, Steven A.
- Blumberg, Jeffrey B.
- Booth, Sarah L.
- Cappellano, Kathleen L.
- Choi, Sang Woon
- Coates, Jennifer
- Crivello, Natalia A.
- Dallal, Gerard E.
- Das, Sai Krupa
- Economos, Christina D.
- Fielding, Roger A.
- Folta, Sara
- Giguere, Paul
- Goldberg, Jeanne P.
- Goldin, Barry R.
- Goodman, Elizabeth
- Greenberg, Andrew S.
- Griffin, Timothy
- Gute, David M.
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- Hammock, John C.
- Harris, Susan
- Houser, Jr., Robert F.
- Hyatt, Jr., Raymond R.
- Jacobsen, Karen
- Jacques, Paul F.
- Johnson, Elizabeth
- Kane, Kelly
- Kehayias, Joseph J.
- Kennedy, Eileen
- Lamon-Fava, Stefania
- Leavis, Paul
- Lichtenstein, Alice H.
- Liu, Zhenhua
- Mason, Joel B.
- Matthan, Nirupa Rachel
- Maxwell, Daniel
- Mazurana, Dyan
- McKay, Diane L.
- McKeown, Nicola
- Meydani, Mohsen
- Meydani, Simin Nikbin
- Milbury, Paul E.
- Must, Aviva
- Nelson, Miriam E.
- O - Z
- Obin, Martin S.
- Ordovas, José M.
- Palmer, Carole A.
- Rasmussen, Helen M.
- Roberts, Susan B.
- Rogers, Beatrice Lorge
- Rosenberg, Irwin H.
- Rush, David
- Russell, Robert M.
- Sacheck, Jennifer M.
- Sadler, Kate
- Saltzman, Edward
- Scott, Tammy
- Selhub, Jacob
- Stites, Elizabeth
- Tang, Guangwen
- Taylor, Allen
- Tillotson, James E.
- Troen, Aron
- Tucker, Katherine L.
- Walker, Peter
- Wang, Xiang-Dong
- Wanke, Christine
- Webb, Patrick
- Wilde, Parke E.
- Wilder, Andrew
- Woods, Margo N.
- Wu, Dayong
- Yee, Amy
- Yeum, Kyung-Jin
- Young, Helen
- Associated Faculty
- Anderson, Molly
- Arthurs, Denise
- Barnett, Junaidah Bajrai
- Bloem, Martin W.
- Borto, Dara
- Carlson, Khristopher
- Castaneda Sceppa, Carmen
- Chomitz, Virginia
- Cochary, Elizabeth
- Darnton-Hill, Ian
- de Pee, Saskia
- Dolnikowski, Gregory G.
- Donini, Antonio
- Doyle, Marcia S.
- Dunn, Julie E.
- Dwyer, Johanna T.
- Efstathion, Ann
- Forrester, Janet
- Frongillo, Edward
- Ghosh, Shibani
- Gilbert, Scott
- Gleason, Gary R.
- Greenberg, Isaac
- Griffiths, Jeffrey K.
- Hamer, Davidson
- Hastings, David
- Iyengar, Venkatesh
- Joseph, Hugh
- Kao, Suzanne
- Kapica, Cathy
- Kennedy, Claire
- Kirshen, Paul H.
- Krasinski, Stephen
- LaRusso, Laurie
- Lau, Joseph
- Levinson, F. James
- Lo, Clifford
- Lockeretz, William
- Maher, Timothy J.
- Marino-Costello, Elizabeth
- Mark, David A.
- Messer, Ellen
- Minear, Larry
- Naumova, Elena
- Nicolau, Claude
- Oniang'o, Ruth
- Palombo, Ruth
- Paquette, Annie
- Peterson, Julia
- Phelan, Grace
- Pittas, Anastassios
- Prelack, Kathy
- Quinn, Victoria
- Ribaya-Mercado, Judy D.
- Roubenoff, Ronenn
- Rowe, Sylvia
- Salinger, B. Lynn
- Schlossman, Nina
- Schmid, Christopher
- Schultink, J. Werner
- Scrimshaw, Nevin S.
- Seddon, Johanna
- Shuman, Jill M.
- Smith, Christine Perry
- Smith, Donald E.H.
- Sternin, Monique
- Troy, Lisa
- Truong, Jennifer
- Wellman, Nancy S.
- Wood, Richard J.
- Woodin, Mark A.
- Yip, Ray
- Zeitlin, Marian
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News
Recent News
Can antioxidants and "super" foods really help boost your natural defense? Professor Jeffrey Blumberg comments in a Miami Herald article that antioxidants are only a piece of the nutrition puzzle. Read article - October 6, 2009
In a US News & World Report article, Professor José Ordovas weighs in on how a person's genes might -or might not- dictate dieting success. Read the article, "Do Your Genes Determine Which Diet Means Weight-Loss Success?" - October 1, 2009
Interview by Voice of America, an international radio service, Andrew Catley talks about Tufts' role in eradicating Rinderpest, a major cattle disease, from Ethiopia. Read the article and listen to the broadcast. - July 21, 2009
Prompted by recent research studies linking longevity to restricted-calorie diets, Friedman faculty José Ordovas, Miriam Nelson and Susan Roberts supplied their thoughts on various diets and purported longevity gurus to the Los Angeles Times. Read Article 1 and Article 2 - July 13, 2009
Burgers as part of a healthy diet? Associate Professor Parke Wilde comments on President Obama's need to connect to the "Average Joe" while still maintaing a healthy lifestyle. Read article - June 17, 2009
As part of a discussion on NPR's Talk of the NationProfessor Susan B. Roberts talks with listeners about dieting success stories: how people have successfully kept off significant weight loss. Listen to the broadcast - June 2, 2009
Too much folic acid? Too little? New studies are focusing new attention on the research Associate Professor Joel Mason has worked on for more than twenty years. Read article - May 11, 2009
The United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Food for Peace program has awarded grant of approximately US $1.5 million to Tufts University's Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy to examine the nutritional needs of beneficiary populations across the developing world, and the nutrition quality of commodities currently available to meet those needs. Read full announcement - April 3, 2009
A new grant will allow principal investigator Christina Economos examine how recent immigrants adapt, for better or worse, to an American diet. Read article - March 16, 2009
News Releases
- Nutrigenomics Researchers Replicate Gene Interaction With Saturated Fat - November 17, 2009
- Tufts to Participate in Large Clinical Trial of Physical Activity in Older Adults - October 8, 2009
- Ethiopian Government Celebrates Rinderpest Eradication - July 21, 2009
- Omega-3 fatty acids appear to impact AMD progression - June 18, 2009
- Turmeric Extract Suppresses Fat Tissue Growth in Rodent Models - May 18, 2009
- Tufts University Names New Director of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging - March 16, 2009
News Publications
- Friedman Nutrition Notes
- Learn about new nutrition science research from Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.
- Dean's Letter for Tufts Nutrition
- The Dean's Letter for Tufts Nutrition is published nine times a year with noteworthy events and accomplishments by members of the Tufts nutrition community.
- Tufts E-News
- The source of news about, and links to, current research and activities at Tufts University.
