American Society For Nutrition

Aging and Chronic Disease RIS

Aging and Chronic Disease RIS

Excellence in Nutrition Research and Practice
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: 

January 2013 

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!