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Minority Affairs

Minority Affairs

Excellence in Nutrition Research and Practice

The American Society for Nutrition (ASN) actively engages in the recruitment, development and advancement of underrepresented minorities throughout the nutrition field. ASN is the premier scientific/medical society in nutrition and is a professional home for nearly 4,000 nutrition scientists and health practitioners. As the face of science changes, ASN aims to nurture and support the scientific talent and achievement of underrepresented minority scientists and health practitioners. The society is also proud to be a leader in the struggle to promote health and reduce health disparities.

Advantages for our minority members include: 

  • Access to education and professional development opportunities year-round and at our Scientific Sessions and Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology (EB)
  • Networking events to meet colleagues and other industry professionals, including a special luncheon at EB
  • Award opportunities and recognition, including travel awards for investigator-mentors at EB
  • Access to research funding, grants, mentoring, scholarships, and fellowships
  • Joint efforts with other organizations committed to advancing minorities in science, such as Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) and SACNAS
  • Connecting young minority investigators to Summer Research Opportunities


Students and post-doctorates from under-represented minority groups or institutions are eligible for additional benefits:


Minority Affairs Committee

ASN's Minority Affairs Committee offers a chance to get involved and make an impact as a volunteer leader for ASN. The committee enhances the participation of scientists from minority groups in the activities of ASN by sponsoring special events and symposia.

Join Us!

Join ASN today so we can increase the pool of minority scientists and maintain and retain those scientists with support of their activities and careers. We are planning to expand our efforts with an ambassador program, additional travel awards to more meetings, and co-programming with ASN student affiliate chapters.

ASN would like to congratulate those students selected to receive ASN/FASEB MARC Travel Awards to attend the Scientific Sessions and Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology 2009 in New Orleans, LA!
  • Jill Williams, Columbia University
  • Samira Jones, University of California, Davis
  • Bradley Ferguson, University of North Carolina
  • Ryan Grant, University of Illinois
  • Marie Fialkowski, Purdue University
  • Krystel Zuniga, University of Illinois
  • Yvette Paulino, University of Hawaii
  • Virginia Chaidez, University of California, Davis
  • Sonya Elder, Tufts University
  • Jennifer Jones, University of Connecticut
  • Carinthia Cherry, University of North Carolina
  • Patrice Armstrong, University of California, Davis