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10th Year Showcasing Graduate Student Research
The 10th Annual Future of Food and Nutrition Graduate Student Research Conference was held on April 8, 2017. Historically, more than 200 attendees from over 30 different institutions have attended the conference each year to hear students present research from fields as diverse as nutritional epidemiology and anthropology. Year after year, this conference has provided a unique venue for graduate students to learn from each other and to network with future colleagues.
Gershoff-Simonian Prize 2017 Awarded to Stephanie Harshman
Stephanie Harshman is the 2017 recipient of the Stanley N. Gershoff, Simon J. Simonian and Arpi A. Simonian Prize for Research Excellence in Nutrition Science and Policy at the Friedman School.
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Caitlin Matthews, N17, is only a few days away from the culminating moment in her graduate career: After three years of study in the Friedman School’s Agriculture, Food and Environment Program, and the Urban and Environmental Planning program at Tufts, she will be presenting her thesis on Friday, April 14th. Only three days later, she will be running in the Boston Marathon.
Changing the Food System
Danielle Nierenberg, N01, founder of Food Tank, forges unlikely alliances in an effort to feed the world. She brings her cause to Tufts on April 1.
Dietary Factors and Deaths From Disease
Dietary factors associated with substantial proportion of deaths from heart disease, stroke, and disease.
Remembering A Visionary
Stanley Gershoff, Founding Dean of Nutrition School, at 92: He was an early adopter of the idea that research could drive policy to help people.
Friedman Faculty Receive National Scientific Achievement Awards
American Society for Nutrition Announces Recipients of National Scientific Achievement Awards: Top researchers, clinicians and educators will be recognized for their outstanding contributions at ASN’s Scientific Sessions at Experimental Biology 2017.
The Gershoff-Simonian Prize
The Stanley N. Gershoff, Simon J. and Arpi A. Simonian Prize for Research Excellence in Nutrition Science and Policy at the Friedman School.
The Latest Research on Soy and Cancer
Consuming foods rich in isoflavones, found in soy, is associated with reduced mortality in women with hormone-receptor-negative breast cancer and women not treated with endocrine therapy