Highest honor ASN bestows will be recognized virtually this year during the world’s largest online gathering of nutrition professionals, NUTRITION 2022 LIVE ONLINE

Rockville, MD (April 11, 2022) – The American Society for Nutrition (ASN) and ASN Foundation are pleased to announce the 14 individuals who will be inducted into its Class of 2022 Fellows. To be inducted as a Fellow of the Society is the highest honor ASN bestows, recognizing individuals for significant discoveries and distinguished careers in the field of nutrition. 

“We are honored to announce this year’s extraordinary Class of 2022 Fellows. Each member of this year’s class is a leader in nutrition science whose contributions have had a significant impact on the field and their colleagues,” said ASN President, Paul Coates, PhD.

“The ASN Foundation congratulates the ASN Class of 2022 Fellows and is grateful for the indelible mark each has made throughout the years,” stated Catherine E. Woteki, PhD, Chair, ASN Foundation Board of Trustees. “We look forward to honoring their legacies and expressing our thanks for their lasting contributions to ASN and nutrition science.”

The ASN Class of 2022 Fellows:

Steven Abrams, MD, University of Texas at Austin

Peter Aggett, MSc, MBChB, University of Central Lancashire, UK

Susan Fried, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Angel Gil, PhD, University of Granada, Spain

Donald Jump, PhD, Oregon State University

Gregory Miller, PhD, National Dairy Council

Rachel Novotny, PhD, RDN, University of Hawaii

José Ordovas, PhD, Tufts University USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging

Pamela Pehrsson, PhD, USDA-ARS-BHNRC-MAFCL

Aryeh Stein, PhD, Emory University

June Stevens, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Linda Tapsell, PhD, University of Wollongong, Australia

Nancy Turner, PhD, Michigan State University

Xiang-Dong Wang, MD, PhD, Tufts University USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging

The ASN Class of 2022 Fellows will be honored leading up to and during ASN’s virtual meeting, NUTRITION 2022 LIVE ONLINE, June 14-16. Members of this year’s class join more than 500 other ASN Fellows who have been recognized since the program began in 1952.