Aging and Chronic Disease RIS
Purpose: The Aging and Chronic Disease RIS has been established to provide a forum for scientists from academia, government,industry and clinical practice to address and discuss the role of nutrition in aging and chronic diseases using both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Aging and Chronic Disease Officers
Chair: Christy C Tangney, PhD, CNS, FACN, Rush University
Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Chair Elect: Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa, MD, PhD,
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Immediate Past Chair: Denise Houston PhD, RD, Wake Forest
School of Medicine, Winston-Salem,NC
Secretary: vacant
Student Representative: vacant
Executive Committee 2012-2013
Includes Chair, Chair-Elect, Immediate Past Chair &
Mary Ann Johnson, PhD, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Connie W. Bales, PhD, RD, Duke University, Durham, NC
Newsletter:
Announcements:
Call for Abstracts: Poster Competition for the Aging and Chronic
Disease EB 2013 business meeting April 22nd at the Westin Grand
ballroom C from 7:00-8:30 AM. Please send abstracts and letter
from mentor to RIS chair, Christy Tangney (ctangney@rush.edu) by
March 18, 2013!