Keynote Speaker
Dr. Jeffrey
Blumberg
Professor, Tufts
University, Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition
and
Associate
Director/Senior Scientist and Chief of the Antioxidants Research Laboratory,
Jean
Mayer
USDA
Human
Nutrition
Research
Center
on Aging, Tufts University
"The Role of
Multivitamin Supplementation in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention"
Sponsored by: Yasoo
Health, Inc.
April 1, 2004
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Centre @
Millennium Park, Roan Mountain Room # 137
Dr.
Blumberg received Bachelor of Science Degrees in Pharmacy and Psychology in l969
from
Washington
State
University
and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology in l974 from Vanderbilt University School of
Medicine. He received postdoctoral
training in cyclic nucleotide metabolism at the Tennessee Neuropsychiatric
Institute and the
University
of
Calgary
.
Dr.
Blumberg is Associate Director/Senior Scientist and Chief of the Antioxidants
Research Laboratory at the
Jean
Mayer
USDA
Human
Nutrition
Research
Center
on Aging at
Tufts
University
. His administrative
responsibilities include research program planning and assessment, as well as
direction of the Divisions of Biostatistics, Comparative Biology, Mass
Spectrometry, and Nutrition Evaluation. His
research efforts are focused on the biochemical basis for the role of
antioxidant nutrients and their dietary requirements in health promotion and
disease prevention during the aging process via their modulation of oxidative
stress status.
Dr.
Blumberg is a Professor in the
School
of
Nutrition Science
and Policy at
Tufts
University
where he teaches graduate students and trains post-doctoral fellows.
He also participates in activities relevant to the incorporation of sound
nutrition science into public health policy.
Dr.
Blumberg has published over 160 scientific articles and serves on the Editorial
Board of the Journal of the American
College of Nutrition, Tufts Health
& Nutrition Letter, Journal of
Nutritional Immunology, Journal of
Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology, Nutrition
in Clinical Care, Free Radical Biology & Medicine, Journal of Medicinal Food, Nutrition,
Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, Arbor
Clinical Nutrition Updates, and Journal
of Nutrition for the Elderly.
Dr.
Blumberg currently serves on the FDA Food Advisory Committee, Certification
Board for Nutrition Specialists, U.S. Olympic Committee Task Force on Dietary
Supplementation, and the Scientific Advisory Boards of the
Rosenthal
Center
for Complementary & Alternative Medicine at
Columbia
University
and the Center for Clinical and Molecular Nutrition, Emory University
Information Bureau. He has served on
the DHHS Year 2000 Health Objectives Committee, Surgeon General's Workshop on
Health Promotion and Aging, ASNS National Task Force on Food Labeling, ASNS/ASCN
Public Affairs Committee and Public Information Committee, Board of the American
Aging Association, WHO/FAO Consultation on Preparation and Use of Food-Based
Dietary Guidelines, and the WHO Expert Consultation on the Development of
Nutrition Guidelines for the Elderly. He has testified before the IOM/NAS Food
and Nutrition Board, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment at the U.S.
House of Representatives, FDA Conference on Antioxidant Vitamins and Cancer and
Cardiovascular Disease, and First UN/WHO Conference on Healthy Ageing.
He also serves as a consultant to several food/pharmaceutical companies
and related trade associations. He
is a member of the American College of Nutrition, American Society for
Nutritional Sciences, American Society of Clinical Nutrition, American Society
for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Society for Free Radical Biology and
Medicine, International Society for Free Radical Research, Gerontological
Society of America, American Aging Association, American Association for the
Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, and New York
Academy of Sciences.