2025 Fellows will be honored in Orlando at NUTRITION 2025, the premier nutrition science meeting of the year.
Rockville, MD (March 19, 2025) – The American Society for Nutrition (ASN) announced the first awardees of the Excellence in Nutrition Fellows of ASN (FASN) program, recognizing 55 distinguished members for their ongoing contributions to the field and sustained engagement in the nutrition community.
This new recognition program honors outstanding nutrition professionals who are 10 or more years past their terminal degree and have been an ASN Scientist, Clinician, or Professional member for 5 or more years. Fellows have demonstrated significant impact in their career paths, as well as service to the Society. To accommodate diverse career trajectories, criteria were developed for research, translational, and combination career paths. The FASN designation is a mark of excellence in the field of nutrition as it signifies their significant contributions to advancing nutrition science and practice and their dedication to the highest standards of the profession.
“At the start of my term as President of ASN, I set a clear priority to champion the professional growth and career advancement of our members who are at their mid-career stage,” said Sarah Booth, PhD, ASN President. “I am thrilled to announce our inaugural Excellence in Nutrition Fellows of ASN to honor our seasoned professionals and their achievements that are driving our field forward.”
“The ASN Foundation extends a hearty congratulations to the inaugural Excellence in Nutrition Fellows for their ongoing achievements that propel the future of nutrition science and practice, and for their commitment to the Society,” said Paul Coates, PhD. Chair, ASN Foundation Board of Trustees. “We look forward to celebrating their outstanding achievements at NUTRITION 2025, May 31 – June 3, 2025, in Orlando.”
2025 Excellence in Nutrition Fellows of ASN (FASN)
David Allison, PhD, Indiana University Bloomington
Richmond N. O. Aryeetey, PhD, MPH, University of Ghana
Regan L. Bailey, PhD, MPH, RD, Texas A&M University
Jeannette M. Beasley, PhD, MPH, RDN, New York University
Ann L. Anderson Berry, MD, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Andrew W. Brown, PhD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Katie Brown, BS, MS, EdD, RD, National Dairy Council
Catherine Champagne, PhD, RDN, LDN, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Guoxun Chen, PhD, Huazhong Agricultural University
Christopher J. Cifelli, PhD, National Dairy Council
James F. Collins, PhD, University of Florida
Jamie A. Cooper, PhD, University of Georgia
Sai Das, PhD, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
Zora Djuric, PhD, University of Michigan
Heather A. Eicher-Miller, PhD, Purdue University
Alison L. Eldridge, PhD, RD, Nestlé Research, Lausanne Switzerland
Sarah K. Gebauer, PhD, US Food and Drug Administration
Alison Gernand, PhD, MPH, RD, The Pennsylvania State University
Javier Gonzalez, PhD, University of Bath, UK
Amy M. Goss, PhD, MS, RDN, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Carolyn Gunther, PhD, RDN, The Ohio State University
Daniela Hampel, PhD, University of California, Davis
Hannah Holscher, PhD, RD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Debbie Humphries, PhD, Yale University
Elizabeth J. Johnson, PhD, Tufts University
Gilberto Kac, PhD, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Young-Hee Kang, PhD, Hallym University, Korea
Heather Leidy, PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Danielle G. Lemay, PhD, USDA ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Jef Leo J. Leroy, PhD, International Food Policy Research Institute
Cindy W. Leung, ScD, MPH, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Zhaoping Li, MD, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Zhenhua Liu, PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jens Lykkesfeldt, MSc, PhD, DMSc, ERT, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
William A. Masters, PhD, Tufts University
Kathleen J. Melanson, PhD, RD, LDN, University of Rhode Island
Amy E. Millen, PhD, University at Buffalo
Amy Mobley, PhD, RD, University of Florida
Laura E. Murray-Kolb, PhD, Purdue University
Jennifer A. Nasser, PhD, RD, Drexel University
Julie Obbagy, RD, PhD, US Department of Agriculture
Helena Pachon, PhD, MPH, Emory University
Cristina Palacios, PhD, Florida International University
Stefan Pasiakos, PhD, US NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Michael Pellizzon, PhD, Research Diets, Inc.
Michael Rothkopf, MD, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Shivani Sahni, PhD, Harvard Medical School
Harini Sampath, PhD, Rutgers University
Saame “Raz” Shaikh, MS, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Christine P. Stewart, PhD, University of California, Davis
Kelly Swanson, PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bernardus Jan-Willem J. van Klinken, MD, PhD, MS, NutrioMed BV Consulting, Netherlands
Saroja Voruganti, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Taylor C. Wallace, PhD, CFS, FACN, FAND, Think Healthy Group, LLC
Fang Fang Zhang, MD, PhD, Tufts University
The inaugural group of Excellence in Nutrition Fellows of ASN (FASN) will be introduced at NUTRITION 2025 during the Opening Plenary Session on May 31, at 4:00 PM.
For more information about the Excellence in Nutrition Fellows program, ASN, the ASN Foundation, and a comprehensive list of ASN’s award opportunities, visit nutrition.org/foundation/asn-fellows/.
