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ARTEMIS P. SIMOPOULOS, M.D., is President of The Center for Genetics, Nutrition and Health, and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Association for World Health in Washington, D.C. A graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University, with a major in Chemistry, and a graduate of the Boston University School of Medicine, Dr. Simopoulos is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society for Pediatric Research, the Endocrine Society, the American Pediatric Society, the American Institute of Nutrition, the American Society for Clinical Nutrition, the American College of Nutrition, and the North American Association for the Study of Obesity. She currently is a member of the Editorial Boards of the International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research, Review of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics, the Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, and Food Reviews International; consulting editor to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA); and was contributing editor toNutrition Reviews from 1979 to 1986.
Dr. Simopoulos chaired the Nutrition Coordinating Committee at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 1978 to 1986. She is a pediatrician and endocrinologist with a long and distinguished career, whose research was originally focused on the nutritional, endocrine, and genetic aspects of growth and development in children and later on throughout the life cycle. Since 1984 her research has been on the evolutionary aspects of diet and the omega-6/omega-3 balance, such as the unique composition of the Greek egg and purslane.
In addition to her responsibilities at NIH, Dr. Simopoulos served as Consultant on Nutrition and Health to Ms. Ester Peterson, Special Assistant to The President for Consumer Affairs, The White House, from 1978 to 1980. During that time she was a member of a number of White House delegations to the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization.
Dr. Simopoulos is on the Medical Advisory Board of the Maternity Center Association. |
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