Student Honors

Elizabeth Kuhn, doctoral student in Nutritional Sciences, was selected as the 2009-2010 recipient of the Charlesworth Graduate Fellowship. The fellowship will support her research on the molecular pathways by which the metabolism of two essential nutrients, vitamin A and carotenoids, interact during embryonic development. A responsibility of this prestigious fellowship will be her mentoring an undergraduate who will conduct research on this project under her supervision. The award was announced publicly at the Scholarship Appreciation Dinner on the Douglass Campus on October 5th.

Deeptha Sukumar, doctoral student in Nutritional Sciences, received a pre-dissertation award from the Graduate School-New Brunswick. The award was presented at the graduate student-run "Nutrition, Endocrinology and Animal Biosciences Conference" held on the George H. Cook Campus on April 3rd.

Two undergraduate Nutritional Sciences majors, Kathryn Pilewski and Christina Mackesy, were recognized on May 17th at the Cook Baccalaureate Ceremony as George H. Cook Scholars, for their successful completion of a senior thesis. At the same event, Christina Mackesy received the Dr. Ann McChesney Award for her pre-professional work in nutrition education, while Kathryn Valentine received the Department of Nutritional Sciences Outstanding Senior Award.

Faculty Achievements

Dr. Malcolm Watford, Professor of Nutritional Sciences, has been re-appointed to an additional 3-year term as Associate Editor of the Journal of Nutrition.

Two department faculty members have been named to serve on a number of prestigious national committees:

Dr. Sue Shapses, Professor of Nutritional Sciences, has been appointed to the Committee to Review Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin D and Calcium.  The committee, under the auspices of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), invited her based on her renowned research program on bone health and osteoporosis.

Dr. Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, Extension Specialist/Professor of Nutritional Sciences, was named to the Food Allergy Clinical Guidelines Expert Panel of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).  Her record in food safety, allergy research, and nutrition education also resulted in her appointment to the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) Nutrition and Health Guidance Committee.

Kudos to these and our other dedicated faculty members for the national recognition they continue to bring to our department.