Symposium to honor Institute of Medicine appointment
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A symposium about calcium metabolism will celebrate the appointment of a Purdue University professor to the Institute of Medicine, which is the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences.
Connie Weaver, distinguished professor and head of the Department of Nutrition Science, will be honored Oct. 27 and 28 during the Calcium Metabolism for the 21st Century symposium at Purdue. Registration and fee information is available at https://www.cfs.purdue.edu/fn/news_events/weaver_symposium/index.html. Registration is required by Oct. 21.
Weaver, an expert in mineral bioavailability, calcium metabolism and bone health, was named a member last fall for this advisory organization that often advises the government and nation on a variety of health-related topics. Once elected, members commit to volunteering on committees, boards and other activities related to the Institute of Medicine. At this time, Weaver will be focusing on determining calcium requirements in Mexican-American adolescents and vitamin D requirements for youth.
The following nutrition experts will speak at the symposium about Weaver's impact in the field:
* Robert Recker, professor of medicine, and chief of the Division of Endocrinology and director of the Osteoporosis Research Center at Creighton University's School of Medicine.
* Kimberly O'Brien, professor in the Division of Nutrition Sciences at Cornell University.
* Munro Peacock, professor of medicine and director of the General Clinical Research Center in the Division of Endocrinology at Indiana University School of Medicine.
* Howard Morris, chief medical scientist in chemical pathology and professor in the Medical Sciences Division of Health Sciences at University of South Australia and SA Pathology.
Weaver is deputy director of the National Institutes of Health-funded Clinical and Translational Science Institute. In 2005 she was appointed to the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, and she served on the National Academy of Sciences Food and Nutrition Board Panel to develop new requirement recommendations for calcium and related minerals.
She is a former president of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences and is an elected fellow of the American College of Nutrition and Institute of Food Sciences. She has received many awards, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture's W.O. Atwater Award for promoting human health and the recent Tony and Mary Hulman Health Achievement Award in Preventive Medicine and Public Health in Indiana.
Weaver has published more than 150 original research articles and 100 books, book chapters and reviews. She received bachelor's and master's degrees in nutrition from Oregon State University in 1972 and 1974. She received a doctorate in food science and human nutrition from Florida State University in 1978.
Writer: Amy Patterson Neubert, 765-494-9723, apatterson@purdue.edu
Source: Connie Weaver, 765-494-8237, weavercm@purdue.edu
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