Creating the Future of Nutrition

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About ASNF

At the American Society for Nutrition Foundation, we believe that evidence-based nutrition information and care is the cornerstone to human health. We strive to enhance and complement the activities of our professional Society as it approaches its 100th Anniversary in 2028 through visionaryimpactful and sustainable goals and initiatives 

Serving Our Society and the Field

Our Foundation expands financial resources to meet member needs, drives interest in nutrition-related careers, supports students and early-career professionals, and increases the skills, infrastructure, and resources of investigators, practitioners

Turning challenges into opportunities for support

With the launch of our 2023-2028 Strategic Plan, we will continue to build on the ASN Foundation’s strong history of ongoing and new initiatives to sustain future generations including:

  • Providing much needed annual Awards and Scholarships to the diverse spectrum of ASN members from students to lifelong investigators;
  • Expanding ongoing programs to support the growth of underrepresented groups and ensure appropriate inclusion across ASN;
  • Recognizing lifelong accomplishments and contributions of nutrition’s luminaires from around the globe;
  • Expanding nutrition science’s evidence base to help bridge gaps in knowledge and its translation;
  • Implementation of the recommendations and outcomes from ASN’s “Ensuring Trust in Nutrition Science,” an initiative to enhance the quality and credibility of nutrition research in both the scientific community and the public sector.

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Vision

Creating the Future of Nutrition


Mission

To generate opportunities and investments that propel the future of nutrition science and wellbeing through partnerships, cultivation, and stewardship of funds.

Meet the Board of Trustees

Paul M. Coates, PhD, DFASN
Chair

Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington 
Jan-Willem van Klinken, MD, PhD, MS, FACN, FASN
Vice Chair

Independent Scientist
Stephanie Ann Atkinson, PhD, DSc (Hon), FCAHS, DFASN, FCNS-SC

McMaster University
Jamy Ard
Jamy D. Ard, MD



Wake Forest Baptist Health
Martha Belury, PhD, RDN, DFASN

The Ohio State University
Sarah L. Booth, PhD


Tufts University
Catherine J. Field, PhD, FCAHS, FCNS-SC

University of Alberta
Yvonne Maddox
Yvonne Maddox, PhD


TAThornton Foundation
Ratna Mukherjea, PhD


ICL Food Specialties
Sabrina Sales Martinez, MS, PhD, RDN 

Florida International University
Sally J. Rockey, PhD


Rockey Consulting
Catherine Woteki
Catherine E. Woteki, PhD, DFASN

Iowa State University

ASN Foundation relies on annual contributions to achieve its mission.