The Research Interest Sections (RISs) were established as part of the American Institute of Nutrition in the early 1990s by Dr. Vernon Young and colleagues "to ensure representation of and support for the various areas of nutritional research within the publications and scientific programs of the Institute, and provide a mechanism for effective involvement of the membership in the affairs of the Institute, and enhance the participation of and contact with scientists in other disciplines who have interest in the scientific fields related to nutrition." (RIS Charter) Any member may join any of the 16 RISs listed below. A new listserv protocol has been developed. For now, until it is totally up and running, please email Diana Tavares: dtavares@nutrition.org if you have questions relating to your use of this RIS communication tool. You recently received from Diana instructions for the use of it.
2008-2009-2010 Research Interest Sections
Research Interest Sections
Director
Cindy Davis
Bethesda, MD
Term Ends:2010
Aging and Chronic
Disease
Joseph Sharkey, Chair
Texas A&M University
Term Ends: 2010
Community and Public Health
Nutrition
Sonya Jones, Chair
University of South Carolina
Term Ends: 2010
Diet and Cancer
Nancy Turner, Chair
Texas A&M University
Term Ends: 2010
Dietary Bioactive
Components
Mario Ferruzzi, Chair
Purdue University
Term Ends: 2010
Energy and Macronutrient
Metabolism
Sean Adams, Chair
USDA/ARS
Term Ends: 2010
Experimental Animal
Nutrition
Sung Woo Kim, Chair
North Carolina State University
Term Ends: 2010
Lactation
Donna Chapman, Chair
University of Connecticut
Term Ends: 2010
Mathematical
Modeling
Heidi Johnson, Chair
University of California at Davis
Term Ends: 2010
Nutrient-Gene
Interactions
Tracy Anthony, Chair
Indiana University
Term Ends: 2010
Nutrition Education
Cindy Fitch, Chair
West Virginia University
Term Ends: 2010
Nutrition Translation from Bench
to Consumer
Douglas DiRienzo, Chair
National Dairy Council
Term Ends: 2010
Nutritional Epidemiology
[elections will be held in the summer of 2009]
Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Chair
University of North Carolina School of Public Health
Term Ends: 2009
Nutritional
Immunology
Dayong Wu, Chair
Tufts University
Term Ends: 2010
Vitamins and
Minerals
James Swain, Chair
Case Western Reserve University
Term Ends: 2010
CARIG
Sherry Tanumihardjo, Chair
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Term Ends: 2010
OBESITY
Caroline Apovian, Chair
Boston Medical Center
Term ends: 2010
Please contact the RIS Director Cindy Davis
[davisci@mail.nih.gov] if you have any additional questions.