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Beverly Broughton Bajus and Nathan D. Wong, PhD, FACC, FAHA, Awarded Honorary Memberships
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Beverly Broughton Bajus and Nathan D. Wong, PhD, FACC, FAHA, Awarded Honorary Memberships
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HE ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS HAS BEEN GRANTING HONORARY MEMBERSHIP TO NON-MEMBERS FOR their distinguished contributions to the field of dietetics since 1954. Every year, up to three non-members are named honorary members of the Academy based on their professional knowledge, technical expertise, and promotion of the Academy’s mission, vision, and values. Those chosen as honorary members have also demonstrated good will through notable national or international service, promoted nutrition and dietetics practitioners as contributors to the optimal health and nutritional status of the public, and aided in the advancement of the profession and the Academy. In October 2014, at the 97th annual Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo in Atlanta, GA, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics awarded honorary memberships to Beverly Broughton Bajus and Nathan D. Wong, PhD, FACC, FAHA. Beverly Broughton Bajus In recognition of:
Nathan D. Wong, PhD, FACC, FAHA In recognition of:
Her ardent and steadfast support of the profession of dietetics and her unwavering belief in the important contribution made by registered dietitian nutritionists worldwide. Her vision, strategic thinking, and implementation expertise. Her innovative leadership and management as chief operating officer of the American Dietetic Association from 1991 to 1998, a period of significant challenge and opportunity for the profession. Her keen ability to establish mutually rewarding partnerships with industry and other professional groups. Her contribution to establishing the Academy as a global nutrition authority and to building an international network of nutrition and dietetics practitioners. Her stewardship of the individual Academy member’s relationship with Headquarters through outreach such as the award-winning eatright.org and the Nationwide Nutrition Network. Her prominence as a role model for women leaders in business and industry. Her unfaltering willingness to sing the praises of our profession, carry our messages, and remain our forever cheerleader.
His facilitation of medical nutrition therapy (MNT) outcomes research that was pivotal in showing that multiple registered dietitian nutritionist visits enhanced low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol lowering, identified a timeframe for the provision of MNT for LDL cholesterol lowering, and demonstrated that three to four health care dollars could be saved for each dollar spent on MNT provided by registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs). His status as a national and international leader in cardiovascular disease prevention, including serving as past president of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology, current chair of the American Heart Association Prevention Science Committee, and member of the World Heart Federation’s Education and Scientific Program Committees. His contributions as author and coauthor of over 200 manuscripts and book chapters on prevention of cardiovascular disease, editorial board member of several cardiology and diabetes journals, current editor of the American College of Cardiology’s CardioSource Clinical Community on cardiometabolic disease, and investigator on many large-scale research studies and clinical trials. His conceptual framework as editor of four preventive cardiology textbooks always includes a chapter on nutrition and invites RDNs to serve as authors. His leadership as director of the University of California Irvine Preventive Cardiology Program, which allows him to invite RDNs to teach preventive cardiovascular nutrition to medical students, residents, cardiology fellows, physicians, and health care professionals. His recognition of RDNs as nutrition experts by inviting RDNs to teach in national and international preventive cardiology education programs that he chairs. As a strong believer in the role that nutrition plays in preventive cardiology, he has the highest respect for RDNs as the gatekeepers of food and nutrition knowledge and information.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2014.09.011
ª 2014 by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS
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Beverly Broughton Bajus and Nathan D. Wong, PhD, FACC, FAHA, Awarded Honorary Memberships
T
HE ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS HAS BEEN GRANTING HONORARY MEMBERSHIP TO NON-MEMBERS FOR their distinguished contributions to the field of dietetics since 1954. Every year, up to three non-members are named honorary members of the Academy based on their professional knowledge, technical expertise, and promotion of the Academy’s mission, vision, and values. Those chosen as honorary members have also demonstrated good will through notable national or international service, promoted nutrition and dietetics practitioners as contributors to the optimal health and nutritional status of the public, and aided in the advancement of the profession and the Academy. In October 2014, at the 97th annual Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo in Atlanta, GA, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics awarded honorary memberships to Beverly Broughton Bajus and Nathan D. Wong, PhD, FACC, FAHA. Beverly Broughton Bajus In recognition of:
Nathan D. Wong, PhD, FACC, FAHA In recognition of:
Her ardent and steadfast support of the profession of dietetics and her unwavering belief in the important contribution made by registered dietitian nutritionists worldwide. Her vision, strategic thinking, and implementation expertise. Her innovative leadership and management as chief operating officer of the American Dietetic Association from 1991 to 1998, a period of significant challenge and opportunity for the profession. Her keen ability to establish mutually rewarding partnerships with industry and other professional groups. Her contribution to establishing the Academy as a global nutrition authority and to building an international network of nutrition and dietetics practitioners. Her stewardship of the individual Academy member’s relationship with Headquarters through outreach such as the award-winning eatright.org and the Nationwide Nutrition Network. Her prominence as a role model for women leaders in business and industry. Her unfaltering willingness to sing the praises of our profession, carry our messages, and remain our forever cheerleader.
His facilitation of medical nutrition therapy (MNT) outcomes research that was pivotal in showing that multiple registered dietitian nutritionist visits enhanced low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol lowering, identified a timeframe for the provision of MNT for LDL cholesterol lowering, and demonstrated that three to four health care dollars could be saved for each dollar spent on MNT provided by registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs). His status as a national and international leader in cardiovascular disease prevention, including serving as past president of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology, current chair of the American Heart Association Prevention Science Committee, and member of the World Heart Federation’s Education and Scientific Program Committees. His contributions as author and coauthor of over 200 manuscripts and book chapters on prevention of cardiovascular disease, editorial board member of several cardiology and diabetes journals, current editor of the American College of Cardiology’s CardioSource Clinical Community on cardiometabolic disease, and investigator on many large-scale research studies and clinical trials. His conceptual framework as editor of four preventive cardiology textbooks always includes a chapter on nutrition and invites RDNs to serve as authors. His leadership as director of the University of California Irvine Preventive Cardiology Program, which allows him to invite RDNs to teach preventive cardiovascular nutrition to medical students, residents, cardiology fellows, physicians, and health care professionals. His recognition of RDNs as nutrition experts by inviting RDNs to teach in national and international preventive cardiology education programs that he chairs. As a strong believer in the role that nutrition plays in preventive cardiology, he has the highest respect for RDNs as the gatekeepers of food and nutrition knowledge and information.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2014.09.011
ª 2014 by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS
1837