Simin Meydani
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Biochemical & Molecular Nutrition. Tufts University. Boston. USA.
Dr. Simin Nikbin Meydani is Professor Emeritus at Tufts University, Research Professor at Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and Faculty member at Tufts School of Biomedical Sciences. Her previous positions included Vice Provost for Research at Tufts University, and Director of JM USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts. Her scientific interests include the impact of nutrition on aging and age-associated diseases, its role in immune and inflammatory responses and predisposition to infectious and metabolic diseases. She is an internationally recognized scholar with over 350 publications and continuous federal and non-federal funding. Her honors include the American Aging Association Denham Harman Lifetime Research Achievement Award; American Society of Nutrition Herman Award in clinical nutrition; ASN Lederle Award in Human Nutrition Research; Fellow of Hedwig van Amerigen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine; American College of Nutrition Grace Goldsmith Award; International HERMES Vitamin Research Award. She was President of the American Society for Nutrition (2014-2015) and President of American Aging Association (2005-2006), She has presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos and contributed to the White House Summit on Aging. She is serving/has served academic, government and corporate communities as a member of NIH and USDA grant review panels, several food and pharma, and non-profit organization advisory board member, consultant to FDA, editorial boards of several journals, and chair and organizer of/presenter at several national and international meetings.