April 10–11, 2005
Dr. Anne McDermott (at right) presents the 2005 Alumni Award for Service to the Profession and the Community to Jeanne Goldberg, Ph.D., R.D., AG59, NG86, J92P. See more photos in our online gallery.
Sunday: Close to 60 students and alumni attended the Reunion Luncheon on April 10th, which included this year’s Alumni Association Awards Ceremony and a panel discussion: Nutrition in Action: Bringing Change to our Communities.
Monday: The Alumni Association hosted an alumni career panel, showcasing graduates who work in industry, academia and for nonprofits. Later that day, close to 150 participants attended the Gershoff Symposium. This year’s symposium was titled: "Health Disparities and Nutrition: From Research to Action"
Special thanks to:- Katherine Tucker, Ph.D and the Gershoff Scholars for organizing this year’s Gershoff Symposium
- Alumni Association Executive Council Members and Reunion Co-Chairs Ann McDermott, Ph.D., NG02 and Jenna Hollenstein, N99 for pulling together the 2005 reunion luncheon
- and the speakers for this year’s events:
And this year's speakers:
Career Panel:
- Raymond Bourque, Ph.D., N93, N95, President, Ray-Pak Inc.
- Margarita Safdie, N98, Researcher Associate, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
- Carmen Castaneda Sceppa, Ph.D., M.D., NG94, Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Scientist II, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
- Andrew Shao, Ph.D., NG00, Vice President, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, Council for Responsible Nutrition
- Nasar Ahmed, Ph.D., NG92, Chair of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Robert Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University
- Alan Balsam, Ph.D., NG88, Commissioner of Public Health, Brookline, Massachusetts
- Wendy Johnecheck, N02, doctoral student, Tufts Friedman School
- Nasar Ahmed, Ph.D., NG92, Chair of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Robert Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University
- Deborah Cohen, M.D., M.P.H., Senior Natural Scientist, RAND Corporation
- Deborah Frank, M.D., Director, the Grow Clinic, Boston Medical Center
